In the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, researchers explore how extreme manufacturing helps brain implants record thousands of neurons for years with minimal impact on the brain.

Hiroshima University research shows that a portable heart monitoring device can detect fetal distress earlier and sharply improve newborn survival rates in low-resource environments.

Catalytic dry reforming of methane (DRM) is a key reaction for the sustainable utilization of major greenhouse gases, CO₂ and CH₄. However, conventional DRM often suffers from severe catalyst deactivation due to high temperature requirements. Applying direct current (DC) to catalyst materials has emerged as a promising strategy to overcome these limitations, yet the underlying DC-enhanced catalytic mechanism remains elusive. Here, we unveil the non-thermal catalytic origin of DC-applied DRM over Pd/CeO₂ through multimodal operando analyses, providing a microscopic physicochemical framework for the rational design of next-generation DRM catalysts beyond the limitations of conventional thermal catalysis.