Can light behave like a whirlwind? It turns out it can – and such “optical tornadoes” have now been created in an extremely small structure by scientists from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, the Military University of Technology, and the Institut Pascal CNRS at Université Clermont Auvergne. This discovery opens a new pathway for creating miniature light sources with complex structures, potentially enabling the development of simpler and more scalable photonic devices in the future, for applications such as optical communication and quantum technologies

 This article explores recent advances in liposomal nanotechnology for photodynamic therapy, showing how improved drug loading, targeting, and light-activated efficiency are enhancing cancer treatment outcomes.

Manchester researchers have secured nearly £1 million from UKRI to develop miniature snail inspired soft robots capable of delivering anti cancer drugs with unprecedented precision inside the human body.

Harbin Institute of Technology researchers propose a new terrain-aware framework for jointly optimising coverage, connectivity, and cost, enabling the first system-level design of laser power-beaming networks for extreme exploration tasks in the Moon’s permanently shadowed regions

Using sintered lunar regolith for heat storage, Harbin Institute of Technology researchers demonstrate how a closed Brayton cycle combined with thermoelectric generators could provide uninterrupted electricity for future moonbases

New research from Harbin Institute of Technology demonstrates that lunar soil can be efficiently melted using only microwave energy, eliminating the need for additional heating aids transported from Earth and paving the way for more cost-effective lunar construction.

Surface oxide overlayers create a shielding zone around each oxide patch, promoting partial reduction to active Fe oxide sites in the zone and protecting them from over-reduction to inactive metallic iron under harsh high-temperature water-gas shift conditions.