How swarms of tiny light-controlled robots could revolutionize wound care

How swarms of tiny light-controlled robots could revolutionize wound care
Demonstration of algae swarming for tailored wound dressing. Credit: Science Advances (2026). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aed0994

Having a swarm of microbots moving across your body may sound like the stuff of a horror movie, but it could actually be the future of targeted drug delivery and advanced wound healing. Scientists have developed a way to use blue and red light as a remote control to assemble and disperse swarms of biohybrid microrobots that could one day transform how we treat injuries.

Details of the research are in a paper published in the journal Science Advances.

The microrobots come in two parts...

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Microcombs unlock 112Gbps wireless link at 560GHz for 6G

Photonic wireless transmission reaches 112 Gbps at 560 GHz using soliton microcombs
Conceptual illustration of microcomb-driven terahertz wireless communication. Optical frequency combs generated in a microresonator are used to produce low-noise terahertz signals via photomixing, enabling high-speed wireless transmission at 112 Gbps in the 560 GHz band for future 6G systems. Credit: Tokushima University

Researchers at Tokushima University have demonstrated single-channel wireless transmission at 112 Gbps in the 560 GHz band using soliton microcombs, marking a significant step toward next-generation 6G communications.

Conventional electronic technologies face fundamental limitations in generating stable high-frequency signals beyond 350 GHz, including reduced output power and increased phase noise...

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First-ever direct image of the cosmic web reveals the Universe’s hidden highways

Image of the sky in the direction of the MUDF observations (MUSE Ultra Deep Field, the region targeted by MUSE). The cosmic filament is shown in purple; the galaxies visible in front and behind are shown in colour. The two galaxies at the edge of the structure, surrounded by clouds of gas, host supermassive black holes at their centres, visible in blue.
© Joseph DePasquale/Space Telescope Science Institute

Astronomers have revealed the sharpest image ever captured of a filament in the cosmic web — the enormous hidden structure connecting galaxies across the Universe. The glowing strand stretches 3 million light-years and links two galaxies from nearly 12 billion years ago...

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Longevity-linked APOE2 gene variant helps neurons repair DNA and resist aging

Longevity-linked APOE2 gene variant helps neurons repair DNA and resist aging
This image is an artistic representation of how APOE2 promotes resilience to cellular senescence maintaining the integrity of DNA and the nuclear envelope. We show a neuron protected by APOE2 represented as orange dots across the cell, with a blue mesh representing the resistance to senescence. We highlight in golden the integrity of the nucleus and the protected genome. Credit: Ella Maru for the Buck Institute

People who carry the APOE2 version of the apolipoprotein E gene are more likely to live to advanced age and are partly protected against Alzheimer’s disease, but scientists have struggled to explain why...

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