Controlling Mpox may require more than a single intervention. Researchers from Hasanuddin University developed a mathematical model to examine how vaccination, treatment, quarantine, and educational campaigns could be combined to mitigate Mpox transmission. The full-control strategy reduced simulated infections by 97.85% compared with no intervention and was the most cost-effective among the strategies tested. These findings also underscore the importance of considering animal reservoirs to support long-term management of Mpox.

Researchers have developed a wide-field Fourier transform hyperspectral imaging system that captures electrochemical reactions on hundreds of individual nanoparticles simultaneously. By integrating a common-path interferometer with a fast 2D camera, the method provides real-time spectral evolution during electrodeposition of palladium and cadmium sulfide on gold nanoparticles. Statistical analysis reveals distinct deposition behaviors on nanospheres versus nanorods—insights that would require thousands of tedious single-particle measurements using conventional approaches.

Researchers have developed a compact, built-in neutron analyzer for on-site measurement of uranium loading and element changes in wet ion-exchange resins. The 80 kg system combines prompt fission-neutron counting with prompt-gamma spectroscopy. Laboratory tests yielded a 0.129 g/L uranium detection limit in 60 s, while a field campaign at a commercial in-situ recovery mine followed adsorption, elution, transformation and a second adsorption cycle.

Targeted drug delivery directly to the liver has unlocked major breakthroughs across medicine, but constructing the chemical key to enter liver cells remains complex and costly. Researchers have now introduced a nature-inspired, mobile delivery platform utilizing polyrotaxanes—supramolecular thread-like polymers where ring-shaped cyclodextrin molecules can freely rotate and slide along a central axle chain, effectively bypassing traditional synthetic bottlenecks.

Ammonia is essential for fertilizers and is emerging as a zero‑carbon energy carrier, but its industrial production via the Haber‑Bosch process is energy‑intensive and emits large amounts of CO₂. Meanwhile, nitrate pollution from agriculture and industry has contaminated groundwater worldwide, threatening ecosystems and human health. Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia (NO₃RR) offers an elegant solution: using renewable electricity to convert nitrate waste into valuable ammonia.

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), due to their multilineage differentiation potential, represent a promising cell source for cartilage and bone regeneration, while bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) has been recognized as a potent inducer of chondrogenic and osteogenic differentiation. However, BMP2-driven cartilage formation is frequently accompanied by hypertrophic maturation and subsequent ossification, limiting its application in cartilage tissue engineering. Although parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP), a critical regulator of skeletal development and endochondral ossification, has been implicated in maintaining chondrocyte proliferation and preventing premature hypertrophy, its precise role and the underlying mechanisms governing BMP2-induced osteochondral differentiation of MSCs remain poorly understood.

A research team from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed an innovative "one-pot" testing platform, known as TEMPO, that could transform highly sensitive nucleic acid testing from a laboratory-based procedure into a simple, single-step test that can be performed at home.

- Joint research by Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee’s team in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and SilicoBio, a KAIST faculty startup, presents a microbial food industrialization strategy encompassing manufacturing, markets, and regulation; published in the international journal One Earth

- A paradigm shift from “technologies for producing microbial foods” to “strategies for building a successful microbial food industry,” charting a path forward for future biomanufacturing platforms