Drones can now detect subtle soybean canopy damage from dicamba at one ten-thousandth of the herbicide’s label rate — simulating vapor drift — eight days after application. This advancement in remote sensing from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign provides a science-based tool to accurately detect and report crop damage at the field scale, reducing human error and bias. 

To deepen international academic collaboration and enhance the global impact of the journal, Yuan Qing, Party Secretary of the School of Medical Technology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine; Dai Jing, Deputy Director of the Department of Laboratory Medicine at Ruijin Hospital; and Wang Erliang, Director of the Editorial Office of LabMed Discovery (LMD), recently traveled to Europe for a series of academic exchanges. Centered on the core goals of "expanding cooperation, absorbing high-quality manuscript sources, and promoting scientific research projects", the delegation achieved significant outcomes through participation in international conferences, visits to leading institutions, and in-depth academic dialogues—injecting fresh momentum into the journal’s international development.

Devices taking advantage of the collective quantum behavior of spin excitations in magnetic materials - known as "magnons" - have the potential to improve quantum computing devices. However, using magnons in quantum devices requires in-depth understanding of their nature and limitations. A new experimental technique uses superconducting qubits to sensitively characterize magnon behavior in previously unexplored regimes.

In combat zones and emergency rescues, rapid evacuation and treatment can mean the difference between life and death. But prolonged immobilization during transport poses another life-threatening risk: pressure injuries.

A newly developed adaptive spine board (ASB) overlay aims to change that, offering an innovative solution to prevent pressure injuries and dramatically improve patient outcomes. Developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington and UT Southwestern Medical School, the adaptive spine board sits atop a standard stretcher or spine board, using air-cell technology to redistribute pressure more effectively than traditional evacuation surfaces. The team’s newly published study shows the ASB outperforms other immobilization options.