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Tsukamoto and Nishimura report an overlooked electrostatic force—transverse electrostatic force (TEF)—in an organic ferroelectric fluid. TEF drives a rare-earth-free motor, offering a potentially cost-effective alternative to electromagnetic motors.

Xiaoli Luan and colleagues propose a cooperative control strategy for uncrewed underwater vehicles. By separating hovering and disturbance tasks between linear quadratic regulators (LQR) and sliding mode controllers, they achieve robust and energy-efficient dynamic hovering.

Etienne Perret introduces an innovative wireless communication technique powered by active feedback loops between devices, which can operate entirely passively. The method reduces unnecessary RF emissions and explores new possibilities for IoT connectivity.

Yang Qu and colleagues propose a temporal-sequencing-convergent cascaded guidance, state estimation, and control system that enables autonomous underwater vehicles to accurately maintain their depth. This architecture ensures stable and efficient depth-tracking performance due to the well-ordered convergence of subsystems.

Saheb Bera and colleagues report simulations of low-resistance metal– semiconductor contacts in 2D transistors. They show alloying in MXenes can suppress metal-induced gap states (MIGS), enabling better device performance.

Fixed-geometry ejectors can enhance the thermodynamic performance of heat pumps but suffer performance degradation under off-design conditions. Zhengyong Li and colleagues propose leveraging the component migration characteristics of the heat pump refrigerant to continuously adjust critical ejector parameters thus optimizing its performance.

Thiba Nagaraja and colleagues report atomically thin two-dimensional Ti₃C₂T_x MXene material as an electrochemical phosphate sensor. This study lays the groundwork to further understand the properties of Ti₃C₂T_x MXene for development of in-field electrochemical phosphate sensors.

Dandelions exhibit adaptive abilities, continuously adjusting seed pappus shape for dispersal on demand. Haoyang Sun and colleagues propose solar-powered microfliers with shape memory alloy actuators and a drone-mount releasing module for programmable flight and robust self-sustaining operation.

Yuying Zou and colleagues report a multirotor UAV that can perch, land and detach on surfaces using standard propeller guards. This design aims to address existing challenges for UAVs of limited flight time and stability in windy conditions.

Shuang Li and colleague propose a multimodal, retrieval-augmented, large language model MechRAG. It integrates heterogeneous CAD/CAE digital assets into its responses to engineering questions delivered as prompts in a conversational interface

Cunshi Wang and colleagues report StarWhisper Telescope system, an AI agent to control amateur telescope array to make astronomical observations of cosmic transients. The agent is a blueprint for control systems of future telescope arrays where AI-based autonomy will be critical.

Aleksandr Kurenkov and colleagues demonstrate nanomagnet arrays with out-of-plane anisotropy that spontaneously order at room temperature. This system offers a new platform for unconventional computing through tunable dynamics.

Ali Rabeh, Ethan Herron and colleagues benchmark diverse scientific machine learning models, including neural operators and vision transformer-based foundation models, for fluid flow prediction over intricate geometries using a unified scoring framework. They show that geometry representations can have a measurable impact on the accuracy and generalization of different models.

Ziyu Zhang and colleagues propose a progressive reshaping model of human driving behaviour. It provides a new perspective for understanding driver behaviour during takeover from autonomous vehicles, guiding development of more secure autonomous driving systems.

Inspired by biology, iontronics uses ion flow in tiny fluidic structures to process signals. Noa E. Fraiman and colleagues present a method to design and simulate iontronic circuits using tools from traditional electronics

Saber Hassouna and colleagues demonstrate a complete, reproducible open radio access networks (O-RAN) architecture for low-latency teleoperation using xApps and system radio access network. The results validate robust control under real-time conditions.

Burak Bilgin and colleagues propose an approach for generating broadband reconfigurable wavefronts exhibiting low spatial and spectral coherence. Broadcasting such wavefronts enables rapid localization with an order-of-magnitude improvement in accuracy compared to prior methods.

Bird wings use microscopic hooks to maintain connection between feathers during flight. Kevin PT Haughn and colleagues report an electro-adhesive alternative for engineered morphing wings, thus fastening feathers to improve manoeuvrability in flight.

Heat transfer is limited by microscopic gaps between surfaces, impeding thermal management. Man Zhou and colleagues report a deep learning model that visualizes and identifies the specific surface characteristics that truly govern this thermal contact resistance.

Leslie Kurumundayil and colleagues present a deep learning-based surrogate model that computes ground-level irradiation maps for complex agrivoltaic systems. This model speeds up calculations, enabling efficient optimization of photovoltaic systems.