MIT's aerial micro-robot, powered by soft actuators and an AI control framework combining model-predictive planning with imitation learning, achieves insect-comparable agility: 10 consecutive somersaults in 11 seconds, increased speed and acceleration, and resistance to wind gusts, with applications in search and rescue and precision agriculture.
Three laureates received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 for the development of metal-organic frameworks, porous crystalline networks that capture and release molecules by design. MOFs enable water from desert air, more efficient hydrogen and methane storage, selective CO₂ removal, and advanced drug dosing.
Gabapentinoids often cause peripheral edema that is misinterpreted as heart failure, fueling a prescribing cascade with loop diuretics and new risks for the elderly. The article brings clinical guidelines for recognizing drug-induced edema, rational titration or deprescribing, and non-pharmacological alternatives to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations.
On the occasion of World AIDS Day, UCSF reported in Nature on a small but significant trial: a combination of therapeutic vaccine, bNAbs (10-1074 and VRC07-523LS), and lefitolimod enabled 7/10 participants to maintain low viremia after planned ART interruption, with cautious monitoring and clearly defined safety criteria.
An MIT team has developed artificial tendons made of tough hydrogels that connect lab-grown muscles to a robotic skeleton. The new muscle-tendon unit enables grippers to close about three times faster and exert thirty times more force, operating stably for more than 7,000 cycles, with an 11x better power-to-weight ratio.
Why do we hear clear words in our native tongue but an unbroken blur in a foreign language? Two UCSF studies show that the superior temporal gyrus learns phonotactic rules and, with a fast “reset”, marks word onsets and offsets. This explains bilingualism, helps the clinic and inspires better speech-recognition systems