Latest News Releases 16 April

Kyoto, Japan -- From the Japanese cypress to the ponderosa pine, wood has been used in construction for millennia. Though materials like steel and concrete have largely taken over large building construction, wood is making a comeback, increasingly being used in public and multi-story buildings for its environmental benefits.

Of course, wood has often been passed over in favor of other materials because it is easily damaged by sunlight and moisture when used outdoors. Wood coatings have been designed to protect wood surfaces for this reason, but coating damage often starts before it becomes visible. Once the deterioration can be seen with the naked eye, it is already too late.

To solve this problem, a team of researchers at Kyoto University is working to create a simple but effective method of diagnosing this nearly invisible deterioration before the damage becomes irreparable.

A team of researchers from Peking University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made a breakthrough in quantum photonics by demonstrating a method to generate large-scale entangled states—known as cluster states—directly on a chip using optical microresonators. Their work, detailed in Light: Science & Applications, achieves a 60-mode cluster state, an order of magnitude larger than previous on-chip demonstrations.

Scientists found Escherichia albertii, an emerging foodborne pathogen, in 64% of retail chicken meat in Bangladesh. The study revealed widespread contamination, cross-contamination during processing and high antimicrobial resistance. The findings highlight urgent public health risks and the need for improved hygiene, antibiotic regulations and global monitoring.

Lake ecosystems can receive high inputs of terrestrial organic matter (t-OM) that microbes make available to higher trophic level consumers. Finnish Dutch research group examined terrestrial reliance of 19 consumer groups from 35 boreal lakes using stable isotopes of hydrogen. According to the study, benthic macroinvertebrates and the benthivorous fish reliance to terrestrial energy (allochthony) was higher compared to pelagic plankton and planktivorous fish. Consumer allochthony decreased along the environmental gradient from forested to agricultural catchments, likely due to alteration in the origin of lake organic matter. 

The 6G Test Center at the University of Oulu Finland has commenced testing services for corporate clients. The first client is the Finnish glass processing factory Tambest which also has export operations.

 

In dual-use products, innovation can arise from the intersection and combination of traditional products and features that meet future needs. The 6G Test Center already enables simulation of wireless communication scenarios of the 2030s. With the first client, various bulletproof glasses with signal interference protection were tested. The focus of the 6G Test Center's research is on dual-use technologies utilized in both civilian and defense sectors. The center is part of NATO's DIANA research network.

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is at the forefront of a new approach to cancer treatment, called CAR T-cell therapy. The little known, but highly promising technology breakthrough makes it possible for your body to fight cancer, often without invasive surgery, offering patients new hope for the possibility of long-term remission. 

However, a new survey by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center of 1,021 adults in the United States shows 65% are unfamiliar with the personalized cancer treatment option.

T Cell Diagnostics has licensed an intellectual property (IP) from Duke-NUS to develop point-of-care assays that could simplify the analysis of T-cell response, enabling better understanding of immune responses.