Rain or shine, Aussie farmers and farming communities have always looked out for one another. But when it comes to their own mental health, asking for help hasn’t always come easy. Now, a new video series from Adelaide University’s ifarmwell team is reducing stigma around help-seeking and reminding rural communities that reaching out for support is a sign of strength.

Korea University Guro Hospital has recorded more than 6,000 robotic surgeries and 3,000 single-port (SP) robotic procedures, marking a major milestone in the continued growth of its robotic surgery program. In 2025 alone, the total number of robotic surgeries increased by 32.5% compared to the previous year. Notably, the hospital reached 5,000 cumulative cases in May 2025 and surpassed 6,000 within just eight months, demonstrating a steep upward trajectory.

Drought is a persistent issue in agriculture, so Colorado State University continually works to identify and develop drought-tolerance traits in crops to ensure farmers can remain competitive and provide food for people and livestock.

Researchers from Florida International University are studying how disrupted sleep can contribute to slower responses, impaired decision-making and an increased risk of mistakes and accidents. 

Korean researchers have developed a hierarchical AI technology that autonomously plans even complex long-horizon tasks. The development of this hierarchical task-planning AI technology, which reduces hallucinations and doubles the success rate, is expected to help robots and agents carry out long-term missions. Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) developed the hierarchical task-planning artificial intelligence (AI) technology “ReAcTree”, which autonomously divides tasks requiring complex and lengthy procedures into subgoals and carries them out, and presented it at AAMAS 2026, one of the world's premier conferences in the AI agent field.

Open urban data is transforming how researchers study cities, making it possible to analyse transport systems, buildings, vegetation, urban climate and public spaces at scales that were previously difficult or costly. At the College of Design and Engineering at NUS, Assistant Professor Filip Biljecki from the Department of Architecture leads research using open datasets to better understand how cities function. His team at the Urban Analytics Lab combines sources such as building information, mobility data, environmental records and street-level imagery to study questions including solar exposure, heat, urban perception and transport.