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15-Dec-2025

World's smallest programmable robot perform tasks

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots have debuted at the University of Pennsylvania, sporting a brain developed at the University of Michigan.

Journal

Science Robotics

Funder

National Science Foundation

15-Dec-2025

UT Health Sciences researchers demonstrate breakthroughs in cancer treatment quality through AI-enhanced data analytics

University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Cancer researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have published three groundbreaking studies demonstrating how advanced artificial intelligence and population health analytics can identify and address barriers to quality cancer care.

Funder

Tennessee Department of Health

15-Dec-2025

Engineered material uses light to destroy PFAS, other contaminants

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Materials scientists at Rice and collaborators have developed a material that uses light to break down a range of pollutants in water, including “forever chemicals” or PFAS.

Journal

Materials Today

Funder

U.S. National Science Foundation, Air Force Research Laboratory, Welch Foundation

15-Dec-2025

New phenotyping platform identifies key drought-tolerance genes in soybean

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team has developed a low-cost, high-throughput phenotyping platform that continuously measures plant transpiration, enabling real-time monitoring of drought response.

Journal

Plant Phenomics

15-Dec-2025

New AI model segments crop diseases with just a few images

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team has now developed a new few-shot semantic segmentation framework, SegPPD-FS, capable of identifying infected regions from only one or a few labeled samples.

Journal

Plant Phenomics

15-Dec-2025

Mayo Clinic smartwatch system helps parents shorten and defuse children's severe tantrums early

Mayo Clinic
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a smartwatch-based alert system that signals parents at the earliest signs of a tantrum in children with emotional and behavioral disorders — prompting them to intervene before it intensifies.  

Journal

JAMA Network Open

Funder

Mayo Clinic Clinical Trial Stimulus Fund, Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine

15-Dec-2025

What makes a good proton conductor?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MIT researchers created a way to predict how efficiently materials can transfer protons in clean energy, low-power computing devices and other advanced technologies.

Journal

Matter

Funder

U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Frontier Center – Hydrogen in Energy and Information Sciences, National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program