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

POSTECH research team develops a highly directional speaker by integrating metamaterials with a single ultrasonic transducer.

- KAIST, the National University of Singapore (NUS), and Singapore Management University (SMU) jointly develop “SweepLED,” an AI technology that detects hidden cameras using only a smartphone and a LED device.

- SweepLED detects hidden cameras in chargers, clocks, remote controls, and other everyday objects in under five seconds, achieving approximately 94% detection accuracy.

- Introduces a low-cost, smartphone-based detection technology that accessible to everyday users  without specialized equipment.

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new system to test magnetohydrodynamic aerobraking for spacecraft reentering the atmosphere. Their platform generates intense magnetic fields with a powerful electromagnet as a miniature vessel is hit with a shockwave traveling at over seven kilometers per second. Their magnets reached far higher fields than previous work with permanent magnets and are a crucial stepping stone toward tests with real vessels in the atmosphere.