These tiny animal robots could treat diseases inside your body

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March 06, 2023

Artificial Intelligence These Researchers Used AI to Design a Completely New 'Animal Robot' "Xenobots" are living, swimming self-powered robots that measure less than a millimeter across. They are evolved by artificial intelligence and built out of frog stem cells—and they could open new medical frontiers. By Luke Groskin

Policy Spotlight on Women in Science Honoring women at the forefront of science

Water 'Pretty Epic' Mountain Snowfall Stuns Californians A near-record amount of snow in California could ease some water restrictions after years of climate-change-fueled drought By Anne C. Mulkern,E&E News

Animals What Chernobyl's Stray Dogs Could Teach Us about Radiation A multiyear project studying stray dogs around Chernobyl aims to uncover the health effects of chronic radiation exposure By Freda Kreier,Nature magazine

Neuroscience How 'Anomalous Health Incidents' in Cuba Sidelined Science The Havana syndrome saga is an epic failure of science, one with severe consequences both for patients and for international relations By Mitchell J. Valdés-Sosa

Oceans How Helper Sharks Discovered the World's Largest Seagrass Ecosystem Scientists partnered with tiger sharks to map seagrass—the unsung hero of ocean conservation. By Joseph Polidoro | 05:40

Energy Nuclear Waste Is Piling Up. Does the U.S. Have a Plan? We needs a permanent national nuclear waste disposal site now, before the spent nuclear fuel stored in 35 states becomes unsafe By Allison Macfarlane,Rodney C. Ewing

Planetary Science Mystery of Ancient Space Superstorms Deepens A fresh analysis of tree-ring data suggests barrages of cosmic radiation that washed over Earth centuries ago may have come from sources besides our sun By Katherine Kornei

Climate Change Could Giant Blankets and Other Extreme Actions Save Glaciers? Plastic coverings, gravity snow guns and painted rocks could slow ice melt in high mountains By Amanda Ruggeri

FROM THE ARCHIVE Tiny Robots Could Clean Up Microplastic Pollution In a proof-of-concept study, microscopic self-propelled devices found and broke down microplastic particles By Scott Hershberger | September 2021

WHAT WE'RE READING The Obesity Revolution New weight loss drugs are changing the narrative on obesity, with a push from pharma By Elaine Chen and Matthew Herper | STAT News | Mar. 5, 2023

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