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30-Jul-2026

Paper-based smart packaging offers sustainable path to cut food waste and plastic pollution

Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Published in Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, the review systematically summarizes recent advancements in multifunctional paper-based smart packaging. It highlights core modification strategies—internal additive incorporation, impregnation, coating, surface functionalization, and layer-by-layer assembly—that transform paper from passive protection into active regulation and intelligent sensing platforms. The authors discuss matrix-specific synergistic systems tailored to fresh produce and high-protein foods, while critically analyzing challenges including the recyclability paradox of high-performance coatings, unpredictable migration safety, and the scalability gap between laboratory innovation and industrial production.

Journal: Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts

30-Jul-2026

Bentham Science highlights five emerging research frontiers with the launch of new international journals

Bentham Science Publishers
Business Announcement

Bentham Science continues to strengthen its commitment to advancing global scientific research with the launch of five new peer-reviewed journals covering some of the most dynamic and rapidly evolving disciplines in modern science and technology. These new titles, Current Artificial Intelligence, Current Science, Engineering and Technology, Current Surgical Endoscopy, Wireless and Communication Letters, and Current Engineering Letters and Reviews, provide high-quality publishing platforms for researchers, clinicians, engineers, and industry professionals worldwide.

29-Jul-2026

Crystallization engineering enhances high-frequency performance of thick carbon electrodes

Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Prof. MENG Guowen and Prof. HAN Fangming from the Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. WEI Bingqing from the University of Delaware, has developed a highly crystalline three-dimensional graphitic carbon tube grid (3D-GCTG) that significantly improves the performance of filtering supercapacitors with thick electrodes.

Journal: Advanced Materials

29-Jul-2026

Researchers develop low-noise magnetic sensor with enhanced weak-field detection

Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), together with collaborators from Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, CAS, and Eastern Institute of Technology, have developed a low-noise magnetic sensor that retains high sensitivity, thereby enabling improved weak-field detection.

Journal: Physical Review Letters

29-Jul-2026

Muscle radar unlocks potential for future robotic limbs

University of Queensland
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New non-invasive sensors that measure muscle forces have been developed by University of Queensland researchers, unlocking new possibilities for wearable robotic mobility devices.

Ultra-wideband radar sensors measure the electromagnetic changes in muscles as they contract, allowing researchers to collect data in a way that’s never been done before.

Journal: Science Robotics
Funder: Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Top-Up Scholarship

29-Jul-2026

Sungkyunkwan University research team successfully advances AI-designed base editors, paving the way for next-generation gene therapy

Sungkyunkwan University External Affairs Division (PR team)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A joint research team led by Professor Daesik Kim (Department of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University), along with Professor Yong-Sub Kim (University of Ulsan College of Medicine) and Professor Jae-Hyun Park (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine), has announced the development of 'OpenABE' (Open Adenine Base Editor). By precisely engineering AI-derived next-generation base editors using structure-guided protein engineering, the team elevated gene editing efficiency by up to 36 times compared to conventional models.

Journal: Nucleic Acids Research

29-Jul-2026

Realization of an atom-holography microscope for direct visualization of three-dimensional atomic arrangements in nanoscale regions

National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Three-dimensional atomic arrangements in nanoscale regions are essential information for the development of nanoscale devices and novel functional materials. Until now, however, there has been no method for observing them directly. In this study, the researchers developed an atom-holography microscope that measures a hologram from the region irradiated with a finely focused electron beam and performs holographic reconstruction to directly visualize the three-dimensional atomic arrangement. Because the microscope enables three-dimensional atomic arrangements in nanoscale regions to be measured anywhere, it is expected to be useful in the analysis of nanoscale devices and the development of novel functional materials.

Journal: Review of Scientific Instruments
Funder: JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A), “Hyper-Ordered Structures Science”, JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “3D Active-Site Science”, JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

29-Jul-2026

University of Phoenix survey highlights AI’s potential to advance accessibility in work and learning

University of Phoenix
Reports and Proceedings

As artificial intelligence becomes part of how people work, learn and solve problems, a new University of Phoenix survey conducted by The Harris Poll finds that recent working learners see meaningful opportunities for AI to support accessibility. The survey was designed to understand the impact of AI in the workplace and learning environments on accessibility, defined as ensuring digital content, tools and resources, including AI tools and output, are usable by people with different abilities through inclusive design, use of assistive technology or conformance with accessibility standards, such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). The findings were released ahead of the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26.

29-Jul-2026

Ancient turtle hunting could inform modern conservation throughout Southern Caribbean, SFU study

Simon Fraser University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Despite the promise of rebounding green sea turtle numbers, many sea turtle populations continue to flounder under the pressures of changing climates, overfishing and urbanization.

Working with Caribbean partner organization, National Archaeological Anthropological Memory Management, Simon Fraser University researchers are shedding light on longstanding relationships between humans and sea turtles in the Southern Caribbean in hopes of informing modern-day conservation practices.

A new study, published in The Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, is the first to complete a species-specific identification analysis of sea turtle bones at centuries-old archaeological sites across Curaçao and Bonaire.

Journal: Journal of Archaeological Science