Heating and cooling buildings accounts for a large portion of global energy use. Researchers from Texas A&M University are developing a new class of hybrid materials that could help store thermal energy more efficiently for use in buildings and other technologies.

Quantum computing offers a promising pathway for accelerating large-scale scientific simulations, but applying it to computational fluid dynamics remains difficult. A new quantum TLFS-LBM framework reported in the Chinese Journal of Aeronautics (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cja.2026.104176) introduces a fractional-step correction, a coordinate-based streaming matrix, and a multi-circuit strategy to enable practical incompressible-flow simulations on non-uniform meshes and complex boundaries while reducing quantum-circuit resource demands.

The high-entropy ferroelectric fillers/polymer nanocomposites achieve ultra-high U_dis values of 8.7 J cm^-3 at 150 °C and 5.9 J cm^-3 at 200 °C, while maintaining an η of over 90%.

A new direct correlation between coordination geometry and catalytic performance is established through electronic modulation, offering a generalizable design principle for high-performance single-atom catalysts in CO₂ conversion.

POSTECH-KAIST Team Demonstrates 4-Inch Wafer-Scale κ-Phase In2Se3 Transistors Fabricated at 250 °C

Wireless charging has already transformed how people power phones, wearables and even electric vehicles. The next leap is advancing wireless technologies to not merely deliver electrical energy, but to enable direct non-electrical outputs, such as optical, thermal and mechanical energy, directly according to actual needs, building an energy delivery network as flexible and efficient as the internet. To drive this transformation, researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have conducted a groundbreaking study that sets out a technical roadmap for “wireless energy internet”, guiding the industry from “wireless power transfer” toward direct “wireless energy conversion”.

- Delivers world-leading performance using a novel Ni/Co heterostructure electrode.

- Cuts material costs by 99% compared to noble-metal electrodes (e.g., platinum), driving the successful domestic sourcing of key materials.

- Published in Advanced Science (IF 14.1), a top-tier international journal in chemistry and materials science.