Institute for the Future

Next-Generation Regenerable Fluorine-Free Membrane for Zinc-Polyiodide Redox Flow Batteries

Abstract Zinc-polyiodide redox flow batteries (ZIFBs) are promising for large-scale grid energy storage applications. The membrane plays a vital role by enabling selective ion transport while preventing polyiodide crossover, ensuring the long-term performance of the system. Widel...

Metabolic engineering and deep learning-driven protein engineering for N-Acetylneuraminic acid biosynthesis in Escherichia coli

N-Acetylneuraminic acid (NeuAc) is a sialic acid valued in pharmaceuticals and infant nutrition, and microbial synthesis offers a scalable route once the pathway’s catalytic bottlenecks are relieved. We combine deep learning with metabolic engineering to build a high-titer NeuAc-...

First Sounds, Second Language: How Word Onsets Spark Language Co‐Activation in 3‐Year‐Old Bilinguals

ABSTRACT Adult and young bilinguals co‐activate their languages to different degrees, even in entirely monolingual tasks. However, many studies use translation pairs with high phonological overlap (e.g., the English‐GERMAN: “milk”‐“MILCH”), making it difficult to discern the orig...

Does Test Duration Matter? Comparing 1‐s and 5‐s Isometric Mid‐Thigh Pull Protocols for Performance Diagnostics in Basketball Players

ABSTRACT To compare kinetic characteristics of a 1‐s isometric mid‐thigh pull (IMTP) protocol with the traditional 5‐s protocol and examine their associations with basketball‐specific performance. Twenty‐five Tier 3 male basketball players performed standardized 1‐s and 5‐s IMTP...

Spectral-habitat analysis and perfusion fingerprinting on contrast-enhanced ultrasound for characterizing tumor perfusion in breast lesions

To develop a short-time Fourier transform (STFT)-based perfusion fingerprinting method combined with spectral-habitat analysis for characterizing pixel-wise perfusion heterogeneity on contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and to evaluate its ability to differentiate benign and mali...

A triple-responsive smart controlled-release system for antifungal volatiles: toward sustainable agriculture via pathogen-targeted control and crop growth promotion

Fungal contamination causes substantial global food loss and waste. Among these, tomato gray mold caused by Botrytis cinerea is particularly severe, leading to a global reduction in tomato yield of 10–50%. Meanwhile, the overuse of conventional chemical fungicides has triggered a...

Myeloperoxidase/ASGPR Dual‐Targeting Self‐Amplifying Nanoplatform for Synergistic Anti‐Metastatic Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains highly lethal due to a complex tumor microenvironment (TME) that limits therapeutic efficacy. Herein, a dual-targeted nanotherapeutic platform (SC@GRT-COF-366) based on a covalent organic framework (COF-366) is reported for synergistic HCC t...