Researchers at Tohoku University have developed a data-driven AI framework that gives scientists a head start by suggesting ideal candidate materials.

The research team (NEAL) at the University of South China has proposed an innovative radiation-shielding optimization method based on a reference-point-selection strategy. This method has been successfully applied to the optimization of radiation-shielding designs for nuclear reactors. By integrating genetic algorithms with artificial bee colony algorithms, the method substantially improves the lightweight, compact, and radiation protection performance of shielding structures, thereby providing vital technical support for the design of nuclear reactors.The research team (NEAL) at the University of South China has proposed an innovative radiation-shielding optimization method based on a reference-point-selection strategy. This method has been successfully applied to the optimization of radiation-shielding designs for nuclear reactors. By integrating genetic algorithms with artificial bee colony algorithms, the method substantially improves the lightweight, compact, and radiation protection performance of shielding structures, thereby providing vital technical support for the design of nuclear reactors.

An Osaka Metropolitan University researcher examined the nonlinear multidimensional factors that correlate with population changes according to city size. The results indicate that population changes correlated with welfare expenditures in small and medium-sized cities.

Led by Drs. Mijeong Han and Young Hun Kang at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), the team combined carbon nanotubes with Bi₀.₄₅Sb₁.₅₅Te₃ (BST) in a porous foam structure to maximize thermoelectric performance.

 a research team led by Prof. LI Liang from the Institute of Solid State Physics, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. ZHAI Tianyou from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, has developed a novel "torsion unipolar barrier heterojunction" device.