Innovations in semiconductor materials are redefining the way electronic and technological devices are designed. In this context, Professor Juan Ignacio Climente Plasencia, from the Universitat Jaume I, is leading a research project, framed within the 2021 State Plan for Scientific Research, which seeks to understand and manipulate the electronic properties of colloidal nanosheets. These semiconducting structures, whose behaviour is governed by quantum mechanics, have the potential to significantly improve the generation and transmission of light, as well as the development of innovative electronic devices.

Researchers from AIMR developed an AI-driven approach to model carbon growth on metal surfaces with high accuracy. By integrating molecular dynamics, time-stamped force-biased Monte Carlo simulations, and machine learning, their method replicates key processes like carbon diffusion and graphene nucleation, enabling scalable, efficient carbon nanomaterial production for electronics and energy storage.

Research efforts on electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials have begun to converge on green and sustainable biomass materials. These materials offer numerous advantages such as being lightweight, porous, and hierarchical. Due to their porous nature, interfacial compatibility, and electrical conductivity, biomass materials hold significant potential as EMI shielding materials. Despite concerted efforts on the EMI shielding of biomass materials have been reported, this research area is still relatively new compared to traditional EMI shielding materials. In particular, a more comprehensive study and summary of the factors influencing biomass EMI shielding materials including the pore structure adjustment, preparation process, and micro-control would be valuable. The preparation methods and characteristics of wood, bamboo, cellulose and lignin in EMI shielding field are critically discussed in this paper, and similar biomass EMI materials are summarized and analyzed. The composite methods and fillers of various biomass materials were reviewed. this paper also highlights the mechanism of EMI shielding as well as existing prospects and challenges for development trends in this field.

In Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and type 2 diabetes, harmful protein aggregates and deposits, known as amyloid plaques, develop. There is also much evidence that these three diseases are interconnected and mutually reinforcing. A research team led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now shown that synthetic mini-proteins (macrocyclic peptides) developed by the researchers inhibit both amyloid formation in Parkinson's and harmful protein interactions between the three diseases in experimental models. They could serve as the basis for future drugs to treat these diseases.

An Osaka Metropolitan University-led team of researchers identified raccoons as the probable reservoir of the cytolethal distending toxin (cdt) gene-positive Providencia strains in Japan.