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Today you\u2019ll learn about a robot with the ability to pick up a single drop of water, how scientists have created a computer algorithm that can predict Malaria hotspots, and what naked mole rats have to teach us about human fertility.\xa0

One Drop Robot\xa0

• \u201cNew robot can pick up a single drop of liquid\u201d by Stephen Ornes
  • https://www.snexplores.org/article/innovation-2023-robot-can-pick-up-drop-of-liquid
• \u201cOn-demand, remote and lossless manipulation of biofluid droplets\u201d by Wei Wang et al. (PAYWALL)
  • https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/mh/d2mh00695b
• \u201cNovel soft robotic droplet manipulator for hazardous liquid cleanup\u201d by ASHWINI SAKHARKAR
  • https://www.inceptivemind.com/novel-soft-robotic-droplet-manipulator-hazardous-liquid-cleanup/28367/
• \u201cSoft Robotics\u201d by Techopedia
  • https://www.techopedia.com/definition/32895/soft-robotics

Malaria Forecast\xa0

• \u201cWHO Coronavirus Dashboard\u201d
  • https://covid19.who.int/
• \u201cNew analysis could help forecast malaria outbreaks\u201d by Rob Jordan
  • https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-analysis-malaria-outbreaks.html
• \u201cClimatic, land-use and socio-economic factors can predict malaria dynamics at fine spatial scales relevant to local health actors: Evidence from rural Madagascar\u201d by Julie D. Pourtois et al.
  • https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001607
• \u201cEstimating the local spatio\u2010temporal distribution of malaria from routine health information systems in areas of low health care access and reporting\u201d by Elizabeth Hyde et al.
  • https://ij-healthgeographics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12942-021-00262-4

Naked Mole Rat Fertility\xa0

• \u201cNaked mole rats reveal biological secrets of lifelong fertility\u201d by Christa Lest\xe9-Lasserre
  • https://www.newscientist.com/article/2360377-naked-mole-rats-reveal-biological-secrets-of-lifelong-fertility/
• \u201cPostnatal oogenesis leads to an exceptionally large ovarian reserve in naked mole-rats\u201d by Miguel Angel Brie\xf1o-Enr\xedquez et al.
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36284-8
• \u201cGerm cell nests in adult ovaries and an unusually large ovarian reserve in the naked mole-rat\u201d by Ned J. Place et al.
  • https://rep.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/rep/161/1/REP-20-0304.xml

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