Six months worth of science headlines that are so good you don't even need the article.
Lab-grown teeth might become an alternative to fillings
Apr 2025, phys.org
via King's College London: Xuechen Zhang et al, Generating Tooth Organoids Using Defined Bioorthogonally Cross-Linked Hydrogels, ACS Macro Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.4c00520
Image credit: AI Art - Zorro Rojo Humanoide - 2022
Engineers turn toxic ancient tomb fungus into anti-cancer drug
Jun 2025, phys.org
via University of Pennsylvania: A class of benzofuranoindoline-bearing heptacyclic fungal RiPPs with anticancer activities, Nature Chemical Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41589-025-01946-9
Edible microlasers made from food-safe materials can serve as barcodes and biosensors
Jul 2025, phys.org
Yo what the f*** are you talking about
Researchers have encoded an expiration date into a peach compote using microlaser barcodes embedded inside the food.
Still not getting it
It's composed of droplets of oil or water–glycerol mixtures doped with natural optical gain substances, such as chlorophyll or riboflavin, to create microlasers for optical barcodes or sensors.
via Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana Slovenia: Abdur Rehman Anwar et al, Microlasers Made Entirely from Edible Substances, Advanced Optical Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1002/adom.202500497
Muscle-inspired sheet-like robot navigates the tightest spaces
Aug 2025, phys.org
via Pohang University of Science and Technology: Hyung Gon Shin et al, Soft and flexible robot skin actuator using multilayer 3D pneumatic network, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60496-9
'Ghost sharks' grow forehead teeth to help them have sex, study suggests
Sep 2025, phys.org
via University of Florida: Karly E. Cohen et al, Teeth outside the jaw: Evolution and development of the toothed head clasper in chimaeras, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2508054122
'Wetware': Scientists use human mini-brains to power computers
Oct 2025, phys.org
via Swiss start-up FinalSpark: https://finalspark.com/
Bioelectronic-integrated artificial colon eliminates need for animal testing
Oct 2025, phys.org
via University of California Irvine: Jorge Alfonso Tavares‐Negrete et al, Development of a 3D Human Colon Model Along with Bioelectronics for the Induction and Monitoring of Diseases, Advanced Science (2025). DOI: 10.1002/advs.202506377
Post Script - Sometimes science is a foreign language:
Quantum state lifetimes extended by laser-triggered electron tunneling in cuprate ladders
Jun 2025, phys.org
via Emory University and the Paul Scherrer Institute: Hari Padma et al, Symmetry-protected electronic metastability in an optically driven cuprate ladder, Nature Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02254-2
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