DNA may offer an answer to two of the digital age’s biggest challenges: how to store exploding volumes of data and how to keep it secure. Researchers at Arizona State University show that engineered DNA structures can encode vast amounts of information and even enable molecular-level encryption, pointing to a future beyond silicon-based storage.

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich have developed fast-RSOM, a non-invasive imaging technology that visualises the smallest blood vessels through the skin and can detect early signs of cardiovascular disease long before clinical symptoms appear.

Researchers in Austria have shown that swimming E. coli can generate enough hydrodynamic torque in confined spaces to rotate tiny symmetric discs. The finding sheds new light on how bacteria behave in tight environments and could help inspire new soft materials and microscopic contactless engines.

By using strain instead of chemical modification, researchers have unlocked stronger ferroelectric behavior in sodium niobate. The breakthrough may accelerate the development of lead-free materials for medical, electronic and sensing technologies.

Tiny bubbles, big ambition: Researchers have developed ultra-simple, biocompatible microrobots that can autonomously navigate the body, home in on tumors, and release cancer drugs on demand. Powered by enzymes and guided by the tumor’s own chemical signals, the so-called “bubble bots” mark a major step toward smart, clinically viable drug delivery systems.

Researchers have developed dissolving microneedle patches that deliver living ‘biofertilizer’ directly into plant tissue. Choy Sum and Kale grew faster while using over 15 % less biofertilizer than standard soil inoculation.

What if the factories building tomorrow’s aerospace components, medical devices, and clean energy systems could do so without fueling the climate crisis? That future is now within reach — thanks to groundbreaking research .

A study has found that ants are capable of altering their nests to prevent the spread of diseases. Germ-carrying ants are even left to self-isolate themselves to protect the wider colony.

Researchers have developed a quick and accurate 3D printing method which can combine soft and hard properties into a single object by making use of different colors of light.

A new dual-wavelength 3D-printing method allows solid objects and dissolvable supports to be created from a single resin in one step. Developed by researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the technique uses visible and UV light to control material behaviour, paving the way for faster, cleaner additive manufacturing of complex structures.