Reviving dormant immunity: Millimeter waves reprogram the immunosuppressive microenvironment to potentiate immunotherapy without obvious side effects
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A research paper by scientists from Beijing Institute of Technology investigated the anti-tumor effect of millimeter waves (MMWs) alone and in combination with the anti-programmed cell death-ligand 1 (α-PD-L1) antibody in a 4T1 “cold tumor” model.
The new research paper, published on Dec 10 2025 in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems, investigated the anti-tumor effects of mono-MMW therapy (35 GHz, 10 mW/cm2, close-contact irradiation), both alone and in combination with the immune checkpoint inhibitor α-PD-L1 in 4T1 and CT26 “cold tumors”.Yosra Barkaoui’s doctoral dissertation in mathematics at the University of Vaasa, Finland, has successfully generalised a fundamental theorem that has been limited to the bounded case. The research provides new mathematical tools for unbounded operators, which are essential in physics for describing concepts like kinetic energy, momentum, and time.
In an era where student-centered instruction and competency-based learning are gaining traction globally, enhancing teacher capacity remains a pivotal challenge. Recognizing this, a team of Chinese education researchers has turned to framing theory to better understand how collaborative professional development models—particularly lesson study—can drive meaningful shifts in teachers’ instructional practice.
Effective teacher noticing supports teacher learning by enabling reflection of what was noticed, or missed, during teaching. A new study examined two primary school mathematics teachers from China to understand their professional noticing in everyday classroom contexts. The researchers investigated what teachers noticed about students' mathematics learning and how this noticing translated into instructional decisions.
What if artificial intelligence could turn centuries of scientific literature—and just a few lab experiments—into a smarter, faster way to produce clean energy from waste? That’s exactly what Dr. Yeqing Li and Dr. Junting Pan have achieved with their innovative “knowledge-based machine learning loop framework” (KMLLF), a breakthrough now published in the open-access journal Carbon Research (Volume 4, Article 71, December 16, 2025). Their work redefines how scientists design biochar—the charcoal-like material increasingly used to turbocharge anaerobic digestion (AD), a key process for turning organic waste into renewable biogas.
The challenge of resource allocation for UAV swarms in dynamic and uncertain electromagnetic environments has been investigated for years. In a recent breakthrough published in the Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, a novel intelligent decision-making framework that addresses incomplete interference information has emerged. This innovative framework integrates fuzzy logic for uncertainty modeling, dynamic constrained multi-objective optimization, and transfer learning, enabling UAV swarms to achieve autonomous and efficient spectrum allocation under rapidly changing conditions while maintaining both communication performance and security.