{"title":"Intrinsically soft and fully recyclable robotic sensors with quadruple sensing functions for reliable human-robot interactions.","authors":"Yuexin Cao, Yuxiang Peng, Wenjuan Ren, Honghao Wang, Yan Diao, Zhimeng Liu, Xin He, Hua Luo, Xiaodong Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.scib.2025.04.075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2025.04.075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human-robot interaction (HRI) is becoming ubiquitous where both humans and robots perform tasks, while reliable robotic sensors are the prerequisite for efficient and safe HRI, especially in unstructured or dynamic environments. A wide spectrum of robotic sensors has been developed but most of them are limited to single or dual functionality, making it challenging to perceive complex environments. Here, we present a type of intrinsically soft robotic sensor with quadruple sensing functionalities integrated into a single device, including spatial approach sensing, thermal approach sensing, thermal touch sensing, and mechanical force sensing. Through such quadruple sensing functions, both thermal and mechanical stimulations can be well resolved in both contact and non-contact manners. More importantly, all components of the robotic sensors can be fully recycled for reuse upon the sensor's end of service, achieving superior cost-efficiency and eco-sustainability. As demonstrations, a close-loop intelligent HRI system is constructed via integrating our intrinsically soft sensors with pneumatic soft grippers and programmable robotic arms. A diversity of reliable HRI scenarios (e.g., human-robot interfacing, object perception/classification, bedside clinical care, etc.) are successfully demonstrated leveraging the quadruple sensing functionalities. This study presents a new path to enrich robotic sensing functionality and enhance HRI reliability in complex environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":421,"journal":{"name":"Science Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144214552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Science BulletinPub Date : 2025-05-14DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.018
Wenhao Lin, Lei Gao, Zhaoxia Guo, Yucheng Dong, Yinfeng Xu, Enayat A Moallemi, Gang Kou, Meiqian Chen, Ke Li, Weijun Xu, Raymundo Marcos-Martinez, Brett A Bryan
{"title":"Large-scale optimized deployment of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage in China.","authors":"Wenhao Lin, Lei Gao, Zhaoxia Guo, Yucheng Dong, Yinfeng Xu, Enayat A Moallemi, Gang Kou, Meiqian Chen, Ke Li, Weijun Xu, Raymundo Marcos-Martinez, Brett A Bryan","doi":"10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":421,"journal":{"name":"Science Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144179760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sterilized protective immunity induced by DAM and DAM<sup>+</sup> in mouse models for both VACV and MPXV.","authors":"Zhengrong Gao, Tingting Zheng, Jiahao Wu, Haoyi Ding, Jia Lu, Jiahui Si, Yuze Xu, Hao Liu, Guocan Yu, Renyi Ma, Jianxun Qi, Yunfei Zhao, Jiaqi Ran, Qihui Wang, Xiaopeng Ma, Zhida Liu, Han Wang, George Fu Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The increasing prevalence of mpox calls for the development of safer and more accessible next-generation vaccines. Based on a structure-guided \"two-in-one\" immunogen design strategy, we have previously developed an innovative protein-based monkeypox virus (MPXV) vaccine, DAM, which addresses the issues of imbalanced bioavailability associated with cocktail vaccines and elicits superior antiviral immunity with a safety profile. In this study, we iteratively designed two \"four-in-one\" chimeric immunogens, DAM<sup>+</sup>s, using four MPXV antigens, M1, A29, A35, and B6. Although DAM<sup>+</sup>s elicited broader immune responses against four antigens, no additional benefit in either in vitro neutralization or in vivo protection against poxviruses was detected compared to DAM. Notably, vaccination-related tissue damage was observed in the live virus vaccine group, whereas all protein-based vaccines showed better safety and protection against lethal vaccinia virus (VACV) challenge. Together, these further demonstrate that DAM, with a minimal protein subunit of two components, is a promising immunogen to be further clinically developed.</p>","PeriodicalId":421,"journal":{"name":"Science Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144245532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In-situ deciphering the plasmon-boosted gas sensing behavior of orthogonally self-organized 3D cross-stacked Au/WO<sub>3</sub> nanowire arrays on microchips.","authors":"Yuxin Zhao, Wei Wang, Juan Wang, Jiafeng Geng, Bing Luo, Wenjie Liang","doi":"10.1016/j.scib.2025.04.070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2025.04.070","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The development of highly sensitive and reliable gas sensors is crucial for environmental monitoring, industrial safety, and healthcare applications. We report a facile block copolymer self-assembly approach for fabricating plasmonic Au nanoparticle-decorated WO<sub>3</sub> three-dimensional cross-stacked nanowire arrays on microchips for enhanced gas sensing. The porous nanostructure of 3D WO<sub>3</sub> NW framework, coupled with the catalytic and surface plasmon resonance properties of Au NPs, synergistically boosts the NO<sub>2</sub> sensing performance. The Au/WO<sub>3</sub> sensor exhibits an exceptional response of 340.7 to 50 ppm NO<sub>2</sub> at 150 °C in dark conditions, which further increases to 980 under white light illumination, along with rapid response/recovery times, a low detection limit, and excellent stability. To elucidate the gas sensing mechanisms, we employ environmental operando micro-spectroscopy techniques, including conductive atomic force microscopy, Kelvin probe force microscopy, and diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy. These advanced characterizations, combined with theoretical calculations, provide direct evidence for the efficient generation and transfer of hot electrons from Au NPs to the WO<sub>3</sub> NW matrix under light irradiation, revealing their pivotal role in enhancing NO<sub>2</sub> adsorption and expanding the electron depletion layer. In-situ measurements also unveil the dynamic modulation of the Schottky barrier height at the Au/WO<sub>3</sub> junction, offering deeper insights into the interplay between environmental factors, hot electrons, and resistance alteration in the metal-semiconductor system. This work provides a promising strategy for designing high-performance gas sensors and paves the way for probing complex gas sensing mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":421,"journal":{"name":"Science Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144141018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bio-inspired solar evaporators for stable and efficient desalination of high-salinity brine with zero liquid discharge.","authors":"Meichun Ding, Demin Zhao, Zhenying Duan, Zhengrun Pan, Chen-Yang Liu, Chenwei Li, Jun Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.scib.2025.04.071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2025.04.071","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Solar-driven interfacial evaporation has shown great potential for achieving desalination with high energy conversion efficiency. However, maintaining a high evaporation rate is challenging due to salt accumulation on solar evaporators (SEs), leading to a long-standing trade-off between stable evaporation and salt accumulation in conventional SEs. Inspired by the salt secretion and brine transport mechanisms in mangroves, we present a bio-inspired solar evaporator (BSE) featuring an external photothermal layer and an internal water supply channel. This design enables efficient and continuous evaporation from near-saturated brine using less photothermal material. The BSE exhibits high evaporation performance (3.98 kg m<sup>-2</sup> h<sup>-1</sup> for 25 wt% brine), effcient salt collection (1.27 kg m<sup>-2</sup> h<sup>-1</sup> for 25 wt% brine), long-term durability (7 d in 25 wt% brine), and zero liquid discharge desalination. Notably, the BSE achieves a record-high water production rate of 3.50 kg m<sup>-2</sup> h<sup>-1</sup> in outdoor tests. Furthermore, it can purify World Health Organization-standard freshwater from various types of contaminated water. Importantly, the universality of BSE design is validated by extending it to other solar desalination systems. This work demonstrates a universal SE design, providing key insights into the design of next-generation SEs for efficient and stable evaporation in continuous high-salinity brine desalination.</p>","PeriodicalId":421,"journal":{"name":"Science Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144179836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Science BulletinPub Date : 2025-05-09DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.015
Teng Gao, Zhe Wang, Serik Tabarak, Qingqing Yin, Lin Lu
{"title":"The glymphatic system in psychiatric disorders: a new perspective.","authors":"Teng Gao, Zhe Wang, Serik Tabarak, Qingqing Yin, Lin Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":421,"journal":{"name":"Science Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144085596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}