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Polymerization

Flexible Thermoelectric Fabrics Hold Promise for Smart Wearable Devices

Researchers at the School of Textile Science & Engineering have developed a dual-catalytic polymerization strategy to fabricate high-performance PEDOT-based thermoelectric fabrics. These fabrics exhibit excellent electrical conductivity, good durability, and stretchability, making them suitable for self-powered sensing, energy harvesting, and human-machine interaction. The thermoelectric fabric can serve as a self-powered

Energy efficient buildings

Advancements in Indoor Humidity Control: A Simplified Model for Predicting Power Consumption

Investigations into innovative technologies for energy-efficient buildings have led to the development of heat-pump-driven liquid-desiccant (HPLD) systems, capable of independently controlling air temperature and humidity. A recent study, funded by the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation & Planning (KETEP) and the National Research Foundation of Korea, has introduced a

Embedded systems

Kidde Fire Protection LLC Receives Patent for Improved System-on-Chip for Smoke Detection Devices

Kidde Fire Protection LLC has been granted a patent for a system-on-chip (SoC) design that improves the efficiency and reliability of smoke detection devices. The patented design features a power-regulating input port, a light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit, and a voltage divider protection circuit, which together provide a constant current

Asteroids

Distributed Control for Spacecraft Formation Near Irregular Asteroids via Quantized Information Exchange

Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University have proposed a novel distributed coordinated control framework for spacecraft formation flying near irregular asteroids, enabling a significant reduction in data transmission and energy consumption for deep-space missions with limited communication resources. This innovative approach uses a logarithmic quantization mechanism embedded in a coordinated

Information management

Machine Learning Research Yields Breakthrough in Materials Design and Discovery

Researchers at Shanghai University have proposed a domain knowledge-assisted data anomaly detection (DKA-DAD) workflow to improve the accuracy of machine learning models in materials design and discovery. The study, funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Key Research & Development Program of China, found that

Gallium arsenide

Novel Insights into Quantum Dots: Research Yields New Understanding of Electronic and Magnetic Properties

A team of researchers at the National Institute of Technology in Telangana, India, has made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of quantum dots. By investigating the electronic, magnetic, and correlation properties of an off-center negatively charged donor impurity in a GaAs quantum dot, the team has derived analytical expressions

Cellular telephone equipment industry

Fujitsu Limited Granted Patent for Base Station Device to Enhance Network Efficiency

Fujitsu Limited has been issued patent number 12445903, which describes a base station device that can efficiently multiplex and transmit different types of data, including ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) data and enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) data, over the same carrier. This innovation aims to address the growing demand for high-speed

Nanjing University

Researchers Develop High-Performance Approximate Membership Query Data Structures

Researchers at Nanjing University have created a new data structure called wormhole filter, which achieves high throughput, low false positive rate, and large capacity objectives simultaneously when used in parallel and distributed systems. This breakthrough could accelerate massive data processing in various fields, including bioinformatics and high-performance databases. The study

Periodical publishing

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Files Patent for Innovative Display Panel Technology

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has filed a patent for an innovative display panel technology that utilizes quantum dots to enhance the color conversion efficiency of micro-LED devices. The patent, filed on November 27, 2023, and published online on October 14, 2025, details the design and production method of a display

Associations

ASTHO Names Manisha Juthani, MD, as 83rd President

Manisha Juthani, MD, has been elected as the 83rd president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), succeeding Scott Harris, MD, MPH, state health officer for the Alabama Department of Public Health. As the commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, Dr. Juthani led the state&

Machine learning

Google Patent Reveals Breakthrough in Synthetic Data Generation for Machine Learning

Google LLC has been granted a patent for an innovative method of generating synthetic data using augmented reality (AR) techniques, which can improve the performance of machine learning models. The patent, filed on November 19, 2019, and published online on October 14, 2025, reveals a system and method for generating

Bacteria

Targeted Drug Delivery Systems Using Bacteria Show Promising Results in Cancer Therapy

Research from Beijing Institute of Technology reveals that bacteria can serve as a promising vehicle for targeted drug delivery systems in cancer therapy, leveraging their innate ability to target the tumour microenvironment and their intrinsic immune-stimulating properties. This review synthesizes recent advances in bacteria-mediated cancer therapy, exploring the mechanisms underlying

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