Professor Patrizio Antici of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has been awarded the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award, a prestigious distinction conferred by the Fondation Alexander von Humboldt. 

Each year, the award is presented to approximately twenty internationally renowned researchers in recognition of exceptional scientific achievements and demonstrated leadership in their field. 

A specialist in applied photonics, Professor Antici is distinguished for his cutting‑edge research in laser and plasma physics, particularly in light–matter interactions and laser‑driven particle acceleration, including relativistic laser–plasma interactions and laser‑driven ion acceleration. 

Researchers from QST, The University of Tokyo, and Kyushu University have developed biocompatible molecular quantum nanosensors (MoQNs) that function inside living cells. These sensors enable precise, absolute temperature measurements at subcellular resolution and detect radical-related spin signals in both cytoplasm and nucleus. By using molecular spin qubits in nanocrystals, MoQNs overcome limitations of existing sensors, offering improved uniformity, stability, and biocompatibility, opening new possibilities for intracellular thermometry and biochemical sensing. 

Scripps Research chemist Jin-Quan Yu has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the highest honors a scientist can achieve.

Rice researchers University engineered a new version of a well-known multiferroic that exhibits orders of magnitude higher performance at room temperature than its parent material.

A new study from UMD chemical physicists could lead to more stable quantum memory, safer fuel storage and an improved ability to measure comet temperatures in outer space. 

With a carefully-designed experiment and a handful of tin atoms, University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s physicists have found a long-sought form of superconductivity, taking one more step toward creating custom quantum materials.

Binghamton University, State University of New York Assistant Professor Robert Wagner will receive $569,573 to fund research that could close the gap between what’s going on molecularly and what we can observe, incorporating machine learning with both simulated and real-world experiments to analyze the behavior of polymer chains.

Membranes with nanometer-sized pores can filter the herbicide glyphosate and its metabolite AMPA out of water. The success of the process not only depends on the size and charge of the molecules, but also on their hydration: The thicker their hydration shell, the harder it is for them to pass through the membrane. These findings made by researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will help further improve nanofiltration in order to provide people worldwide with clean water. The results of their study have been published in Nature Communications. (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71492-y).