Researchers have developed a lightweight fault-diagnosis framework for high-speed train bogies that is specifically designed for edge computing while still maintaining strong cross-domain diagnostic performance. The study addresses a practical obstacle in railway intelligence: how to deploy deep learning close to real operating equipment, where memory and computing power are limited, without losing the ability to diagnose faults accurately under changing working conditions.

The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology is now enrolling patients into a clinical trial aimed at helping women recover from the vaginal side effects of breast cancer treatment. Supported in part by a grant from the National Cancer Institute, the REVITALIZE study (Alliance A221801) will test if a laser therapy helps reduce vaginal dryness caused by breast cancer treatment, a painful side effect that can cause discomfort for many cancer survivors.

Scientists report that a living reef coastal defense system can reduce wave power significantly, suggesting the approach could offer a new way to protect shorelines from storms and rising seas.

Their findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by an international team that included nine Rutgers University researchers, provide one of the most detailed tests to date of whether a hybrid reef system combining living organisms with artificial structures can function as coastal protection infrastructure.

The eye is a highly specialized optical and mechanical system whose structural integrity and visual performance rely heavily on the precise arrangement of the extracellular matrix (ECM). As the primary structural protein of the ocular ECM, collagen provides not only physical support through its hierarchical self-assembled structure but also regulates cellular behavior via bioactive sequences. However, bridging the gap from natural tissues to synthetic biological scaffolds to achieve precise emulation of the complex microenvironments in the cornea, sclera, and retina remains a core challenge in ocular tissue engineering.  The review article titled "Ocular collagen: From architecture to biomaterials," published in Eye Discovery (2026) by researchers from East China University of Science and Technology, systematically evaluates the distribution logic of collagen across various ocular tissues. It discusses cutting-edge progress in constructing high-performance ophthalmic repair materials using physical, chemical, and biological methodologies.

Researchers have developed a smaller pair of “molecular scissors” for gene editing, based on a group of enzymes called Cas12f, that could make site-specific delivery within the body possible.