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Helical structures are ubiquitous across biology, from the double-stranded helix of DNA to how heart muscle cells spiral in a band. Inspired by this twisty ladder, researchers have developed an artificial polymer that organizes itself into a controlled helix.

A research team at Osaka University developed a compact microresonator device that generates vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) light at 199 nm. This innovation addresses the growing demand for VUV light in fields like micromachining and wafer inspection. Unlike existing gas lasers, this device offers a compact, efficient solution, potentially revolutionizing light source technology and enabling advanced applications like high-resolution medical imaging.

Duke-NUS researchers have discovered that foetuses can manage their own immune responses to combat diseases and infections like Zika

A boon to solar power, agriculture, and other industries, ADMU and MO scientists have found a way to improve sunny weather forecasts by as much as 94%.

Researchers in Singapore and China observe the emergence of steady currents in new experimental approach.

New research suggesting a link between motor protein Kif23 and microcephaly may be the key to developing more effective treatments for this condition.

An international team of researchers including Kavli IPMU has used the ALMA telescope and found old elliptical galaxies in the universe can form from intense star formation within early galaxy cores.

Charge density waves usually cause electrons to become heavier and slow down. Dr. Ming-Wen Chu and the collaborators in National Taiwan University find the opposite is true in CuTe and study the phenomenon using advanced momentum-dependent electron energy loss spectroscopy.

The hydrogen atoms of [4Fe-4S] type ferredoxin, one of the electron carriers, have been visualized and both experiments and calculations have revealed the mechanisms that control the redox potential. Aspartic acid (Asp64) located a distance away from the [4Fe-4S] cluster of ferredoxin, was found to be the control switch, an evolutionarily conserved mechanism.

You reach for a glass of water only to knock it to the floor, shattering the glass and shooting shards all over the place. If only the glass was unbreakable. Now, researchers at Tohoku University have brought this possibility closer to reality after they uncovered crucial insights into how glass becomes more resistant to fractures.

By identifying the ideal manufacturing conditions, machine learning reduces the need for expensive and time-consuming experimentation.

- DGIST Prof. Kwon Hyuk-joon's research team developed liquid-processed thin-film transistors that can maintain high performance at low temperatures - They are expected to be used in the next generation of high-performance flexible electronics and wearable devices as they can operate on plastic substrates and maintain stable performance under repeated mechanical bending

Researchers at Osaka University have identified ARMC5 as a key regulator of fatty acid balance in adipose tissue. ARMC5 degrades non-SCAP-bound SREBP1, activating it to regulate stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD), an enzyme essential for fatty acid desaturation. This discovery opens avenues for developing drugs targeting ARMC5 to manage fatty acid levels and improve health outcomes.

Researchers have demonstrated room-temperature ferroelectricity in single-element tellurium nanowires, providing a pathway toward ultrahigh-density data storage and neuromorphic computing. Published in Nature Communications, the study introduces a self-gated ferroelectric field-effect transistor (SF-FET) that integrates memory and computing capabilities.

Although crackles have long been regarded as a hallmark finding in physical examinations, this study revealed their unreliability not only among human physicians but also in artificial intelligence systems.

The University of Tokyo Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU, WPI) Professor Yuji Tachikawa and The University of Tokyo School of Science graduate student Masaki Okada have found that any operation of non-invertible symmetries is a quantum operation, uncovering a link between quantum information theory and particle and condensed matter physics that had previously been unknown.

Cooling atomic gases to quantum regime often involves time-consuming steps. Electromagnetically induced transparency now achieves quantum degeneracy with high efficiency.

Copolymer solution uses water-loving differential to induce desorption at lower temperatures

Clues found relating repair of photosynthetic protein complex to how plants survive in colder regions

These deep learning tools can help both government and private entities when making investment and policy decisions.

Creating and controlling quantum dots via electrical methods, is likely to lead to new frontiers in the quest to develop stable and efficient qubits. Exploring how zinc oxide can be used in electrically defined quantum dots, researchers have unearthed some surprising phenomenon.

This unobtrusive, leaf-mounted sensor saves time and improves productivity by remotely monitoring the health of plants in real-time.

Balancing environmental conditions with energy-saving performance

An SUTD researcher has developed a promising automated workflow that leverages a large language model to generate a design structure matrix in less than five minutes.

- Development of a wireless brain neural signal recorder without batteries paves the way for treating intractable brain diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's - Research findings published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, a top international journal in the biomedical field

To understand the practical challenges of indoor augmented reality applications on smartphones, researchers from Osaka University conducted 113 hours of extensive experiments and case studies over 316 patterns to determine the factors that degrade localization accuracy in real-world indoor environments. Landmarks for vision systems, LiDAR, and the IMU were evaluated. To solve the identified problems, the researchers suggest radio-frequency–based localization as a potential solution for practical augmented reality applications.

A new simulator gives nursing students hands-on practice with vital procedures like mechanical ventilation and tracheal suctioning in children.

Conversely, role in controlling cell proliferation might lead to novel tumor therapies in humans

We have proposed methods for calculating topological numbers of two-dimensional lattice systems based on polarization and spiral boundary conditions.

International integration of drug-drug interaction information through mapping of Japanese and international drug codes