As human longevity increases, individuals are increasingly adopting diverse healthcare products to maintain youthful and healthy lives. Examples include wearable devices like smartwatches for real-time health monitoring, various advanced dressings for scarless wound healing, and optical devices for skin care. Focusing on this trend, the researchers of the present study sought to develop a platform that simultaneously achieves scarless wound healing and promotes skin regeneration. This platform is anticipated to be an innovative methodology poised to replace conventional wound dressings..

As the core foundational materials for modern wireless communication systems, microwave dielectric ceramics (MWDCs) directly determine the performance of key components such as antennas, resonators, and filters in 5G/6G mobile communications, satellite communications, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. With the rapid evolution of communication frequencies toward millimeter-wave and even sub-terahertz bands, the materials science community has imposed increasingly stringent requirements on the accurate characterization, property regulation, advanced fabrication, and intelligent development of microwave dielectric ceramics.

To systematically review the scientific progress and technological breakthroughs in this field, 14 institutions jointly published a comprehensive review on microwave dielectric ceramics. Starting from the three core parameters (ε_r, Q×f, and τ_f), this review discusses the latest research advances, prospects, and challenges across five key dimensions: property evaluation, mechanistic understanding, innovative processing, device applications, and data-driven discovery.

A global survey traces six centuries of evolution, revealing how university botanic gardens blend historical roots with modern missions in conservation, education, and public well-being.

A new study projects widespread habitat loss for European snakes under climate change, with cold-adapted species most vulnerable, while the Balkan Peninsula becomes a climate refugium.

The critical role of pathogen effector proteins in mediating microbial infection and pathogenesis has been extensively and thoroughly studied. However, research on effector proteins from endophytic microorganisms has progressed more slowly, and their biological functions and mechanisms of action remain largely unclear. The research group previously isolated an endophytic strain of Fusarium lateritium from the medicinal plant Nothapodytes pittosporoides. This strain exhibits significant growth-promoting and disease-resistant effects on certain solanaceous crops. This study mined fungal-secreted effector proteins using plant apoplast proteomics and transcriptomics, and revealed at the molecular level a novel mechanism by which the pectinase-type effector CREP1 activates plant immunity. These findings provide a new theoretical basis for further elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying the growth-promoting and disease-resistant activities of endophytic fungi, and lay a foundation for the development of endophytic fungi as "plant vaccines."

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWEs) are key devices for achieving efficient "hydrogen-electricity" conversion. They have attracted significant attention due to their high energy conversion efficiency and zero carbon emissions. However, their core component, oxygen reduction/evolution (ORR/OER) electrocatalysts, still face challenges of activity and stability. Among them, platinum-group catalysts (such as Pt, Ir, Ru) are currently the most effective ORR/OER catalysts, but issues like their scarcity and high cost severely limit their large-scale utilization in PEMFCs/PEMWEs. Single-atom catalysts (SACs) and multi-atom catalysts (MACs), with their nearly 100% metal utilization rate and unique electronic structures, provide a new path for developing low-loading, high-activity, and high-stability platinum-group catalysts.

A phase 2 clinical trial showed burosumab, a targeted antibody therapy, safely restored phosphate balance in children and adults with fibrous dysplasia, a rare bone disorder associated with fractures and deformities. The therapy reduced abnormal bone turnover markers and improved mobility in severely affected children, including independent walking after full-time wheelchair use. The findings suggest that inhibition of fibroblast growth factor-23 may help reduce disability and improve physical function in patients with phosphate-wasting skeletal disease.

Osteosarcoma is an aggressive bone cancer characterized by high rate of recurrence and metastasis. In a new study, researchers show that restoring the RNA-editing enzyme adenosine deaminase acting on RNA 2 (ADAR2) slows tumor growth, reduces invasion, promotes bone-like differentiation, and improves chemotherapy sensitivity in cell and mouse models. The findings identify IGFBP7 RNA editing as a key mechanism underlying these effects, highlighting a potential differentiation-based treatment strategy for pediatric patients with bone cancer.