MIT researchers created a computing platform that leverages the unique properties of squishy materials at the nanoscale to develop tiny devices that can process information, inspired by how the brain works. This could enable edge devices like biological or environmental sensors that are more adaptable and energy-efficient than traditional electronics.

In rare cases, blood flow can become unbalanced in twin pregnancies with a shared placenta, putting both foetuses at risk. 

Researchers at ETH Zurich, together with doctors from the University of Zurich, have developed a magnetically controllable endoscope that can reach the affected blood vessels in the placenta more effectively than conventional instruments. 

A panoramic view facilitates navigation for surgeons; in an animal model, this was combined with magnetic control and laser treatment.

Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers generated the first chromosome-scale reference genome for the rice stink bug, Oebalus pugnax, identifying more than 13,000 genes with broad biological and agricultural relevance. The development created a foundational resource to help scientists better understand how the insect feeds, adapts to host plants and potentially develops resistance to insecticides. The study was published in the Journal of Heredity and provides the most detailed genomic analysis to date of the rice stink bug, which feeds on more than 15 host plant species, including grain sorghum, and has shown resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in some populations.