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Iron laced with tungsten stores hydrogen without fusing into a lump
Iron can store hydrogen, but in a hot furnace its powder slowly fuses into a solid lump. US researchers added tungsten, and 1.5 kilograms of powder came through 30 cycles with almost no loss of capacity.
A dialysis drug softens the shield around pancreatic cancer in patients’ biopsies
Pancreatic tumours surround themselves with dense tissue that shields them from drugs and immune cells. In a small trial, an old drug for kidney patients weakened this shield and let more immune cells into the tumour.
A robot lighter than a paperclip does ten somersaults in eleven seconds
A tiny flying robot weighs less than a paperclip and can somersault in the air. Researchers teach it sharp turns so it can enter tight gaps.
After one CAR-T infusion, three of six RA patients stop their drugs
People with severe arthritis received one drip of immune cells engineered the way cancer teams do. Three of six improved enough to stop their drugs.
Every other seemingly healthy adult already shows arterial plaque
In more than half of adults with no symptoms, plaque already sits in the arteries — sometimes even before age thirty. A large Denmark–Spain study shows a paper risk score alone will not reveal that.
An ointment clears aged-skin cells that slow healing
Researchers painted aged mouse skin with a drug that clears worn-out cells. Wounds then closed clearly more often than without that prep.
A lymph node trains T cells that later harm a tau-burdened brain
T cells that help destroy the brain in Alzheimer-like disease get their instructions in a lymph node outside the brain. In mice, cutting that path protects memory even when protein deposits remain.
A graphene membrane removes half the caffeine from coffee
An Australian–Japanese team shows a graphene oxide membrane that cuts about half the caffeine from coffee in the lab while keeping flavour-related compounds. This is not yet decaf coffee or a factory line — more a filter instead of solvent chemistry.
A pumpkin protease cuts peanut proteins but does not erase the allergy
Researchers in Wrocław show that a pumpkin enzyme can weaken the immune system’s reaction to peanut proteins in lab tests. This is not yet food that is safe for people with peanut allergy — protein fragments that can still bind remain after processing.
Light speeds up a blood test for a colorectal cancer marker
A Japanese team shows that a laser in a thin channel speeds up a blood test for a colorectal cancer marker. From microliters of plasma, the readout comes in minutes, not hours.
Scientists built a sensor network in the body without radio
Researchers in Atlanta show that a pulse through the body wakes a distant implant. That lets the device be smaller than a pea and sleep on almost no power.
Scientists watched a glowing film survive chip lithography
In Zurich they made a screen material that can be cut with light like in a chip factory — and it still glows. That may mean denser images in glasses and phones.