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The Nano Materials Research Division at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), led by Dr. Tae-Hoon Kim and Dr. Jung-Goo Lee, has successfully developed a groundbreaking grain boundary diffusion process that enables the fabrication of high-performance permanent magnets without the use of expensive heavy rare earth elements. This pioneering technology, marks the world鈥檚 first achievement in this field.

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Daniel Haskel of the lab鈥檚 Photon Sciences directorate has been selected to represent Argonne in the 2025 cohort of DOE鈥檚 Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program (OSELP).

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Robots can already vacuum our floors, help manufacture cars, provide security and entertain children and adults alike, but how could robotics revolutionize care and maintenance in home and institutional settings?

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Newly achieved precise control over light emitted from incredibly tiny sources, a few nanometers in size, embedded in two-dimensional (2D) materials could lead to remarkably high-resolution monitors and advances in ultra-fast quantum computing, according to an international team led by researchers at Penn State and Universit茅 Paris-Saclay.

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The world鈥檚 largest St. Patrick鈥檚 Day celebration isn鈥檛 in Ireland. It鈥檚 in the U.S. It鈥檚 no secret that Americans have an affinity for the holiday. Many Americans 鈥� even those with no Irish descent 鈥� choose to celebrate by wearing green clothing, drinking green beer, and eating dishes like corned beef and cabbage. Some major cities, like Chicago, even dye their rivers green for the day.

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Penn State researchers aim to enhance the University's research and development capabilities in next-generation semiconductor technology thanks to $4.3 million in infrastructure funding and in-kind support through the University鈥檚 membership in MMEC, a consortium of regional partners focused on microelectronics research and development. The funding from MMEC, part of a broader initiative under the Department of Defense Microelectronics Commons effort under the federal CHIPS Act, will help the University establish an advanced lab for semiconductor thin films and device research in the Materials Research Institute鈥檚 (MRI) facilities in the Millennium Science Complex at University Park.

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Wayne State University researchers are using photoacoustic imaging to observe brain activity and, in the process, discovering more about how it responds to different types of learning and experiences. The team鈥檚 findings were recently published in the science journal Photoacoustics.

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A team of researchers has developed a pioneering 3-axis Hall-effect magnetic sensor based on an inverted pyramid structure. This innovative design offers significant advancements in both sensitivity and offset reduction, positioning it as a promising solution for applications requiring precise and reliable magnetic field detection in automotive, industrial, and consumer electronics.

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A novel approach to optical beam shaping based on topological physics effect experimentally demonstrated for the first time. By fabricating thin-film dielectric structures with precisely engineered properties, this new technique allows systematic control over beam profiles as opposed to conventional approaches involving tedious numerical optimization procedures.

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The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS, President: Dr. Lee Ho Seong) has developed a technology that controls the energy of single electrons in the desired form.

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Scientists at Penn State have harnessed a unique property called incipient ferroelectricity to create a new type of computer memory that could revolutionize how electronic devices work, such as using much less energy and operating in extreme environments like outer space.

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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are discovering the electrochemical properties of biomolecular condensates which could help in development of cancer or ALS treatments

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Arizona State University faculty members are sharing sustainable concrete development expertise with transportation authorities in the state.

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Con este componente, el observatorio instalado en Chile, pronto estar谩 listo para capturar m谩s im谩genes que cualquier otro observatorio en la historia

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Using the largest digital camera in the world, Rubin Observatory will soon be ready to capture more data than any other observatory in history

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A University of West Florida-Institute for Human Machine & Cognition research team received a $478,000 grant for the acquisition of advanced robotic platforms and equipment from the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program of the Office of Naval Research.

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Physicists have created a new computer code that could speed up the design of the complicated magnets that shape the plasma in stellarators, making the systems simpler and more affordable to build.

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In February 2025, the Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study (HKIAS) at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) welcomed Professor Jean Salen莽on, a distinguished scholar in continuum mechanics and an HKIAS Senior Fellow. During his visit, he delivered an engaging HKIAS Distinguished Lecture, guiding the audience through the historical developments of a theory that continues to shape modern engineering.

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In a pioneering study, researchers from China Agricultural University have introduced ClimID-UDA, an unsupervised domain adaptation method that uses climate indicators to significantly improve crop classification across regions and years. By correcting spectral discrepancies in satellite image time series (SITS), the method enhances the accuracy of crop mapping without requiring ground truth from new regions, offering a scalable solution for global agricultural monitoring.