Category: TRENDS IN HI-TECH SCIENCE – Jul 21 2026

Like all Pacific islands, Hawaii’s are constantly collecting plastic trash washing up on its beaches. The state’s landfills are overflowing with it, and the government is paying to ship it elsewhere.

In a first test of its kinds, a humanoid robot successfully removed the gallbladder of a large animal. Guided by a human surgeon at a remote location within the University of California San Diego, the robot used standard surgical tools that had been adapted to fit its hands. 

Working with the South Korean army, researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have blended biocompatible ingredients into a spray-on powder that stops bleeding on contact.