- MIT researchers have observed a “photomolecular effect” in which 520 nm green light causes liquid water to evaporate without adding heat, potentially up-ending textbook thermodynamics and suggesting new routes for energy-efficient desalination or cooling.  
- A 2024 pre-print shows that electro-active polymer hydrogels—soft, wet, biocompatible materials—can exhibit emergent memory when embodied in a simulated game environment, hinting at low-power, embodied AI or neuromorphic substrates.  
- A biorxiv paper demonstrates “in-vivo optical clearing of mammalian brain,” a technique that renders living brain tissue transparent to light, enabling non-invasive imaging or optogenetic interventions deep inside intact brains.  
- Nature reports that oocytes taken from aged mice regain youthful function when matured inside young ovarian cells, reinforcing systemic-rejuvenation theories and pointing toward future fertility or anti-aging therapies.  
- Ovelle Bio (ovelle.bio) is the latest startup pursuing in-vitro gametogenesis—creating eggs and sperm from ordinary cells—described by participants as having “huge market, social, and economic impact” and being under-explored until now.  
- Discussion of graft-chimeric cacti (Myrtillocalycium “polyp” hybrids) highlights the ease of creating plant chimeras via grafting and the possibility of DIY replication to avoid high international shipping costs.  
- Phytoplasmas—bacteria-like plant pathogens that radically alter host morphology (e.g., turning flowers into leaf-like structures)—were spotlighted as a striking example of inter-kingdom biological control and potential synthetic-biology chassis.