A research paper by scientists at Sun Yat-Sen University presented a magnetic tensegrity-enabled robotic gripper (MTRG) with an adaptive energy barrier by leveraging nonlinear interaction forces between magnets..

The research paper, published on Mar 9, 2026 in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems.

A review finds that antibiotic resistance genes—capable of undermining modern medicine—can travel through the air across both cities and farmland, and argues that airborne spread represents an overlooked public health risk.

A new study published in Big Earth Data proposes an AI cube framework that integrates GeoAI models into geospatial data cube infrastructures to enhance large-scale Earth Observation data analytics. By introducing a model warehouse, intelligent model selection, and parallel inference pipelines on the Open Geospatial Engine platform, the approach significantly improves analytical capability and reduces inference time by over 80%. The framework advances the transition from traditional data cube processing toward AI-ready spatial data infrastructures.

New research has discovered that the molecular machines responsible for copying our DNA have a surprising hidden talent – an ability to create entirely new and highly sophisticated DNA sequences from scratch.

A team of scientists from the State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, has introduced an economical and environmentally friendly approach for cleaning antibiotic-contaminated water. The work, led by authors Jingqi Wu and Jiawei Chen, focuses on enhancing a carbon material called hydrochar, derived from the noxious invasive water hyacinth plant. By applying a simple mechanical grinding process, the team was able to nearly triple the material's capacity to adsorb the common antibiotic norfloxacin, presenting a promising new avenue for water remediation.