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SFU researchers break the mold with new prosthetic design

Simon Fraser University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new, fully customizable 3D printed socket design is set to transform the prosthetics industry. The reimagined limb socket interface combines highly personalized pressure mapping with AI software and a lighter infill, creating a highly customized prosthetic that’s more comfortable to wear, for much longer, say researchers at Simon Fraser University.

Journal: Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Composite superionic electrolytes for pressure-less solid-state batteries achieved by continuously perpendicularly aligned 2D pathways

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a study published in Nature Nanotechnology, a team led by Prof. CHENG Huiming and PENG Jing from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with Prof. HU Renzong from South China University of Technology, developed a composite electrolyte that decouples ion conduction from mechanical flexibility, achieving superionic conductivity while maintaining close electrode contact.

Journal: Nature Nanotechnology

Scientists form complex DNA structures without hydrogen bonds

New York University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by NYU chemists finds that DNA tiles can assemble into 3D structures without the sticky cohesion of hydrogen bonding. This finding, published in Nature Communications, turns a fundamental paradigm in the field of DNA self-assembly on its head.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: NASA Headquarters

New AI algorithm enables scientific monitoring of "blue tears"

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a study published in Ecological Informatics, a team led by Prof. LI Jianping from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with the collaborators from the Ministry of Natural Resources, developed an innovative real-time video monitoring algorithm named BT-YOLO.

Journal: Ecological Informatics

Extra ‘set of eyes’ for self-driving cars: Roadside radar sensors could reduce blind spots

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

EyeDAR, a low-power millimeter-wave radar sensor roughly the size of an orange, could provide radar-equipped self-driving cars with critical inputs about surrounding traffic, extending and enhancing their sensing accuracy.

Amino acid residue-driven nanoparticle targeting of protein cavities beyond size complementarity

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Cavities at protein-protein interaction interfaces are often considered "undruggable" because their shallow or large geometries hinder the stable binding by small molecules. A study published in Journal of the American Chemical Society and led by Prof. LI Yang from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences elucidated the molecular mechanisms governing nanoparticles (NPs) recognition and selective targeting of protein surface cavities.

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society

Mizzou researchers are developing a rewritable DNA hard drive

University of Missouri-Columbia

Scientists are exploring synthetic DNA as a way to store massive amounts of data. Now, University of Missouri researchers, led by Li-Qun “Andrew” Gu, are taking it a step further by developing a method to make DNA storage reusable.

Journal: PNAS Nexus