For the first time a German study shows rats catching bats from midair. The study showed rats hunting in total darkness, using whiskers to feel air currents from bat wings. This may be a reason why potentially bat pathogens like coronaviruses and paramyxoviruses are spilling over to rodents.
Italian researchers have created a vine-like robot that grows by 3D-printing itself and responds to gravity and light
Footage of trials using robot dogs for firefighting in Sichuan, China, has been released. They are supposed to crawl into places that are hard for human firefighters to access, drag hoses, transmit live video, and collect data on toxic gases and temperature.
