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4-Aug-2026

NUS CDE researchers develop self-repairing, recyclable substrate for durable soft sensors

National University of Singapore College of Design and Engineering
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Made from two naturally occurring molecules, the material keeps metal conductors attached during movement and enables sensor components to be recovered and recycled after use.

Journal: Nature Sustainability

4-Aug-2026

Mizzou researcher gives pork producers an edge against extreme heat

University of Missouri-Columbia
Grant and Award Announcement

The University of Missouri is expanding an innovative, research-based mobile app that helps pork producers predict heat stress in pigs before symptoms appear.

Funder: United States Department of Agriculture

4-Aug-2026

AI recommendations: This time it’s personal

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new Harvard study shows AI recommendations that can adjust to individual users could combat growing over-reliance on AI for decision-making support.

Journal: ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

4-Aug-2026

AI tool for computing radiation dose created at UMass Amherst leads the way to personalizing prostate cancer treatment

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Peer-Reviewed Publication

AMHERST, Mass. — Radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) has made great strides over the last 50 years, having only recently received FDA approval to treat prostate cancer. But despite the progress—and billions of dollars of industry investments—one area that has lagged behind is dosing, which is still one-size-fits-all. Now, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed an AI model that can inform treatment individualization by generating a patient’s radiation dose map that matches gold-standard accuracy in under 23 seconds.

Journal: IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences

4-Aug-2026

Solving the increasing complexity of AI problem-solving one bite at a time

Tsinghua University Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have developed a framework that can break down complex problems that agentic AI is tasked with solving. This framework, called "calculus of intelligence" or COIN, works by breaking up the AI agent's overall goal into smaller tasks within a mathematical logic system.

Journal: iFuture

4-Aug-2026

An insect-scale untethered piezoelectric robot with multiple biomimetic features

Beijing Institute of Technology Press Co., Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research paper by scientists from Harbin Institute of Technology proposed an integrate the characteristics of different animals, an insect-scale tripedal piezoelectric robot incorporating multiple biomimetic features.

The new research paper, published on Jul. 23 in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems, provided an insect‑scale piezoelectric robot that combines multiple biomimetic features inspired by both fish and seals.