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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 19-Jun-2026 06:15 ET (19-Jun-2026 10:15 GMT/UTC)

“Flawless on the outside, flipped within”: Detecting hidden defects in 2D dielectrics with light

Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

POSTECH Professor Sunmin Ryu’s team analyzes structural inhomogeneity in large-area thin films using interferometric SHG imaging.

Journal: Advanced Materials

Mineralized DNA scaffold boosts bone repair by reprogramming immune cells

Editorial Office of West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study developed a mineralized DNA hydrogel that combines immune regulation with sustained bone regeneration. Using tetrahedral DNA nanostructures and calcium phosphate mineralization, researchers created a scaffold that promotes healing-friendly macrophage activity while supporting bone-forming stem cells. In animal models, the material accelerated bone repair, improved tissue mineralization, and prolonged structural stability. The findings may advance next-generation biomaterials for craniofacial reconstruction, traumatic injuries, and challenging bone healing disorders worldwide.

Journal: Bone Research
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Fundamental and Interdisciplinary Disciplines Breakthrough Plan of the Ministry of Education of China, Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST (, Major Science and Technology Special Project of Sichuan Province, Leading Scientist Program for Basic Research of Sichuan Province, The Sichuan Science and Technology Program, Sichuan Province Youth Science and Technology Innovation Team, Health Commission of Sichuan Province Medical Science and Technology Program, Research and Develop Program, the West China Hospital of Stomatology Sichuan University

Carbon Research reaches new high in Scopus CiteScore rankings

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Business Announcement

Carbon Research has achieved a new milestone in the latest Scopus CiteScore performance, with its 2025 CiteScore Tracker rising to 19.2, up from 14.0 in the 2024 CiteScore release. The new result reflects the journal’s growing visibility, strong citation performance, and expanding role in advancing carbon science for environmental sustainability, engineering innovation, and global change research.

Biochar and beneficial fungi work together to restore soils damaged by coal mining

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A three-year field study shows that pairing biochar with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can improve soil health, nutrient supply, microbial diversity, and maize productivity in reclaimed mining land

Journal: Biochar

Straw and biochar work together to reshape the molecular “architecture” of soil organic matter

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Soil organic matter is often described as the foundation of soil fertility. It helps soils hold nutrients, retain water, support microbial life, and store carbon. Yet scientists are still working to understand how different farm-based carbon inputs, such as crop straw and biochar, change the molecular structure of soil organic matter over time.

Journal: Biochar

Easily overlooked small wetlands are a big source of global methane

University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Wetlands are the world's largest natural source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. In a new study from The University of Texas at Austin, researchers have newly identified 160 million small wetlands across the globe and found that they have a substantial collective impact, accounting for 24% of the world’s total non-forested wetland emissions of methane.

Journal: Nature Climate Change
Funder: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Stanford University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Houston, NASA Surface Water and Ocean Topography, Taylor Geospatial Institute, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, National University of Singapore, European Space Agency, European Commission Horizon Europe

Global mangrove forests rebound, offering hopeful sign for climate and coastal resilience

Tulane University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Tulane University have found that the world’s mangrove forests are no longer in decline and have shifted to overall growth in recent years. Using four decades of satellite data, a new study shows that natural regeneration, expansion into newly formed coastal habitats and conservation efforts have largely offset decades of mangrove loss, offering a rare conservation success story and a hopeful sign for climate resilience.

Journal: Science

JWST measures mass of a dormant black hole from the early universe for the first time

Carnegie Institution for Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Carnegie’s Andrew Newman led a team of astronomers that used JWST to make the first direct mass measurement of a dormant black hole at the center of a galaxy from the early universe. Previously, this technique had only been used to study black holes in the local universe. But JWST and a phenomenon called gravitational lensing enabled the researchers to use it on a galaxy that's light is reaching us from when the universe was just 3 billion years old.

Journal: Science

Boston University joins National Science Foundation institute pushing frontiers of physics and AI

Boston University
Grant and Award Announcement

Boston University is joining the NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI), which aims to use AI to inform physics breakthroughs—and vice versa.

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