Researchers at QuTech in Delft, The Netherlands, have developed a new chip architecture that could make it easier to test and scale up quantum processors based on semiconductor spin qubits. The platform, called QARPET (Qubit-Array Research Platform for Engineering and Testing) and reported in Nature Electronics, allows hundreds of qubits to be characterized within the same test-chip under the same operating conditions used in quantum computing experiments. "With such a complex, tightly packed quantum chip, things really starts to resemble the traditional semiconductor industry." states researcher Giordano Scappucci.

Researchers have developed Knowledge Extractor. This is a scientific framework designed to transition AI from a passive tool into a supportive research partner. By linking a large language model fine-tuned for this domain with a dynamic knowledge base, the Hydrogen Agent system can collect data, analyze technical trends, and produce strategic reports for the hydrogen energy sector.

The new holistic monitoring system developed under the leadership of TU Graz measures boat waves with millimetre precision using satellite navigation data and sensors on buoys and for the first time allows investigations into the extent to which boat traffic, weather and other factors influence the ecosystem of lakes.

A new perspective article outlines a roadmap for harnessing light emission from individual molecules. By precisely controlling currents through a single molecule, researchers can generate light with unparalleled spatial precision. This “single-molecule electroluminescence” technology, controlled via nanocavity plasmon, interface engineering, electric-field modulation, and molecular design, could lead to ultra-efficient quantum light sources, molecular-scale LEDs, and programmable optoelectronic chips for future computers.

An interactive game, developed by the Horizon 2020 REST-COAST project, places the users at the heart of large-scale coastal decision-making.

Coastal Challenge is a new serious video game developed within the EU-funded REST-COAST project to support climate adaptation decision-making in coastal areas. Available through the REST-COAST project website, the game offers an interactive and accessible platform for exploring how one’s choices shape the future resilience of coastal systems. 

Solid‑state lithium batteries (SSLBs) are emerging as a vital next‑generation energy storage technology due to their superior safety and potential for higher energy density. However, widespread adoption has been hampered by challenges such as low lithium‑ion conductivity, poor electrode compatibility, and manufacturing difficulties. A recent review in the Journal of Electrochemistry systematically examines advances in solid‑state electrolytes (SSEs), covering inorganic, organic, and the newly developed “soft” solid‑state electrolytes (S³Es). The article highlights two innovative strategies—“rigid‑flexible synergy” composites and the “Li⁺‑desolvation” mechanism using porous frameworks—as promising routes to overcome current limitations and enable practical high‑performance SSLBs.

Professor Jeong-Min Baik’s research group of the School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering of Sungkyunkwan University has, for the first time in the world, developed a reusable electro-kinetic filtration platform capable of filtering more than 99% of ultrafine nanoplastics particles smaller than 50 nm even under commercial-level high-flow conditions.

During 2026, new legislation – the result of an agreement between the UK Government and the European Union – is planned to come into force for recreational pollack fishing that limits catches to three fish per angler per day. It will result in more fish being released after they are caught, but new research led by the University of Plymouth (UK) - and involving scientists and industry representatives across the UK - has suggested changing how that release happens could have a marked difference on the fisheries’ long-term sustainability.