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New electrochemical device targets climate change by sucking CO2 out of air

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Engineers have developed a new way to pull carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere using a process similar to charging and discharging a battery — an advance that could help address the planet’s excess CO2 problem.

Journal: Environmental Science & Technology

New technique sheds light on longstanding debates about ferroelectric materials

North Carolina State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New findings are shedding light on longstanding debates over the behavior of ferroelectric materials when those materials are exposed to electric fields. The findings stem from the use of a novel technique that allows researchers to observe the real-time behavior of domain walls in ferroelectric materials as they are “poled” and “depoled.”

Journal: Advanced Science
Funder: Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Office of Naval Research

Unveiling China's lake secrets: Climate and pollution drive vast carbon shifts

Carbon Research, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Lakes, often called the 'lungs of the land,' play a fundamental role in the global carbon cycle, acting as significant reservoirs of dissolved organic matter (DOM) and sources of greenhouse gases. Understanding how this vital organic carbon pool responds to environmental changes is crucial, yet large-scale drivers of lake DOM composition and their interaction with climate change have remained poorly understood. A comprehensive study led by Siyue Li from the Wuhan Institute of Technology has provided unprecedented insights into these dynamics across China's diverse lake ecosystems.

Journal: Carbon Research
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Hubei Province Major Special Project for the Development of Agricultural Microbial Industry, Scientific Research Foundation of Wuhan Institute of Technology, Scientific Research Foundation of Wuhan Institute of Technology

WVU engineers develop AI system to speed satellite tracking of wildfires

West Virginia University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new artificial intelligence system developed by West Virginia University engineers could help firefighters respond to wildfires sooner by enabling satellites to detect blazes and automatically adjust their positions for continued monitoring.

Journal: Journal of Aerospace Information Systems
Funder: NASA West Virginia Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

New 3D thermal cloak hides objects from heat in any direction

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have designed and built the first 3D device that can make objects invisible to heat, an advance that could transform how we protect sensitive electronics, manage heat in microchips and shield equipment from thermal detection.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Villum Fonden, Air Force Office of Scientific Research

[Research Article] Context-aware landmark recognition in location-based augmented reality: A switching framework with a MobileNet backbone for cultural heritage engagement

Big Earth Data
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in Big Earth Data proposes a switching-based pervasive augmented reality (AR) framework that integrates location-based AR (LBAR), deep learning (DL), and context-awareness to improve landmark recognition and cultural heritage engagement in smart cities. Through end-to-end implementation and real-world testing in Tehran, the framework significantly enhanced landmark detection accuracy compared with conventional LBAR systems, while demonstrating high user satisfaction and potential for sustainable urban planning. The dataset used in this study is not shared publicly due to copyright restrictions. However, to support reproducibility, all source code developed for data preprocessing, model training, and evaluation has been made openly available at https://github.com/mhvahidnia/tehran-img-classification-webapp/.

Journal: Big Earth Data

Novel technology could aid targeted lung cancer treatment

University of Edinburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have developed a new method for accurately predicting gene changes that cause lung cancer, without the need for slower, more expensive lab techniques.

Journal: Cancer Research

PRIME-6G launches to build the next generation of connected factories

IMDEA Networks Institute
Business Announcement

PRIME-6G (Pilot for Resilient Industrial Manufacturing Environments with 6G Technologies), a EUR 7.76 million project funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe programme through the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU), has officially launched. This pioneering initiative, with the participation of IMDEA Networks, aims to bring next-generation 6G technologies into real industrial manufacturing environments, laying the foundation for a new generation of intelligent industrial manufacturing.

Widely-used method for assessing stream health doesn’t work very well

North Carolina State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study finds a widely-used technique for assessing the health of freshwater streams is not effective at detecting a range of water quality problems, including those related to acidity, oxygen levels, and presence of pathogens.

Journal: PLOS One