Tomatoes are an important vegetable crop worldwide, but their picking operations have long relied on manual labor, facing problems such as high labor intensity, high costs, and easy fruit damage. In protected tomato cultivation, fruits often grow in clusters with dense branches and leaves. Traditional mechanical picking equipment is prone to environmental interference, resulting in low picking success rates or high damage rates. How to achieve efficient and non-destructive picking of tomatoes in complex planting environments?

In the vast cotton fields of Xinjiang, plastic film covering technology has been a weapon for increasing yield—it conserves water, raises temperatures, and improves water utilization efficiency, significantly boosting cotton production in arid regions.

A research paper by scientists from Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, and other institutions proposed a hollow mesoporous carbon (HMC) nanoparticle prepared via the sacrificial template method, featuring a porphyrin-like structure that enables efficient singlet oxygen generation and synergistic sono-immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer.

The new research paper, published on May 9 in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems, presented the preparation, characterization, and therapeutic application of MOF-derived HMC nanoparticles, and demonstrated their potential to enhance sono-immunotherapy efficacy by inducing tumor cell apoptosis and activating the immune

A recent study published in the medical journal Gut has revealed a novel cancer-promoting mechanism of Streptococcus anginosus (Sa). The research shows that methionine metabolites produced by this bacterium can significantly contribute to the development of gastric cancer.

This finding deepens the understanding of the gut microbiome’s role in cancer and opens new paths for microbiota-targeted prevention strategies.

A research paper by scientists from Nanyang Technological University proposed a deployable cable-driven transport system, featuring a tethered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a winch mechanism and a modular knot planner to achieve autonomous knotting on environmental structures, addressing the challenge of flexible and reliable anchoring in unstructured environments.

 Anti-forgetting representation learning method reduces the weight aggregation interference on model memory and augments the representation performance.

In International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, researchers report a neuromorphic chip that processes and learns information using light and electronics tightly integrated on a single platform, much like biological neurons combine sensing, communication, and memory in one physical structure.

Acute sepsis profoundly changes how intravenous fluids behave within the body. Using a sheep model, researchers investigated fluid distribution during health and sepsis following crystalloid infusion. They found that sepsis reduced urine output, impaired vascular responsiveness, and diverted most infused fluid into a nonfunctional interstitial third space. These alterations explain why standard fluid therapy becomes less effective during sepsis and underscore challenges in managing circulation and organ perfusion clinically safely.