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KAIST develops core display technology that prevents image distortion even when stretched

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

- KAIST and Dong-A University developed an auxetic-based stretchable display platform that expands uniformly across the entire screen, enabling on-screen images to stretch evenly without distortion through a new design of the stretchable platform.

- The technology is expected to play a key role in commercializing high-quality stretchable displays, with broad applications in next-generation devices including wearables, electronic skin, and soft robotics.

Funder: National Research Foundation of Korea, Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology, Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology

Making the ‘invisible’ visible: How high-speed movies could change the way scientists study disease

Texas A&M University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

High-speed movies of microscopic worms may sound like a dull night at the cinema, but this advanced imaging capability could help scientists better understand how diseases begin and progress, track subtle changes in cells and study how the body responds to treatments.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSF of Shandong Province, Taishan Scholars Foundation of Shandong Province, Welch Foundation

Biochar “switches on” natural oxygen chemistry to suppress soil-borne pathogens and reshape healthier microbial communities

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in Biochar reveals how specially prepared biochar can directly suppress a destructive soil-borne pathogen while helping rebuild a richer and more stable soil bacterial community. The findings offer a clearer scientific basis for designing biochar amendments that protect crops without broadly damaging beneficial soil life.

Journal: Biochar

Bar-Ilan University Technology helps reveal elusive Alzheimer's protein aggregates missed by current tests

Bar-Ilan University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A molecular imaging technology developed by Prof. Shai Rahimipour of Bar-Ilan University is helping scientists uncover one of the earliest and most elusive drivers of Alzheimer's disease, opening new possibilities for earlier diagnosis and more precise treatment.

The technology played a central role in a new international study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York together with collaborators from Bar-Ilan University and Canada. The study provides compelling evidence that soluble amyloid-beta oligomers -- tiny toxic protein aggregates believed to trigger Alzheimer's disease years before symptoms appear -- can damage brain cells long before they become detectable by today's diagnostic methods.

Journal: Alzheimer s & Dementia

Biochar and smarter water management could help make rice safer in polluted soils

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study suggests that pairing iron and manganese modified biochar with carefully chosen irrigation strategies can reduce cadmium and mercury buildup in rice, offering a practical path toward safer food production in co-contaminated paddy fields.

Journal: Biochar

Public invited to online Forum on Biochar Research exploring 30 years of progress in soil, crops and climate solutions

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Meeting Announcement

A new online Forum on Biochar Research will bring together global expertise to explain how three decades of biochar science are reshaping understanding of soil health, crop productivity and climate action. The event, titled “Review and synthesis of 30 years of biochar research and development,” will be delivered by Prof. Stephen Joseph of The University of New South Wales, Australia, and hosted by Prof. Jianying Shang of China Agricultural University.

Ferreira group kicking off a revolution in computer numerical control for manufacturing

University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering
Grant and Award Announcement

For decades, the architecture of computer numerical control (CNC), which is used for controlling machine tools in manufacturing, has barely changed. But Placid Ferreira’s group has now developed a fundamentally new approach in which much of the computational work is done in the cloud, opening up a vast range of opportunities to improve machine tools’ capabilities.

New technology could improve energy efficiency in AI data centers

Binghamton University
Grant and Award Announcement

As AI drives a boom in data centers, a researcher at Binghamton University, State University of New York has developed new tech that could make them more energy efficient. A $100,000 NSF-supported grant will help move this invention from the lab to the commercial market.

Cheaper catalytic system turns captured carbon into ethanol

University of Manchester
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have developed a catalyst system that converts methanol, carbon dioxide and hydrogen into ethanol using stable, commercially available catalyst precursors, offering a potential route towards lower-cost industrial production.

Journal: Catalysis Science & Technology
Funder: National Key Research and Development Program of China