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Inviting artificial intelligence into our bodies has appeal – but it also carries certain risks. I have often wondered what it would be like to rid myself of a keyboard for data entry, and a computer screen…
In light of the much-publicised dispute over handset design patents between Apple and Samsung, many commentators have cast Samsung as the “fast-follower”, while Apple is pushing at the frontier of innovation…
Imagine a material that is just one atom thick, 300 times stronger than steel, harder than diamond, a fantastic conductor of heat and electricity and super-flexible to boot. This might sound like the stuff…
An international research team has discovered a new material, superdense aluminium, which has never before been seen on Earth…
Researchers have taken a significant step forward in the quest to produce synthetic spider silk. Spider silk has five times…
A newly developed carbon- and nitrogen-based surface technology can be used in a range of different areas, including disease…
The development of the first visible-range “invisibility cloak” has made it possible to hide objects from human visibility…
As you read this, researchers around the world are slaving away furiously to develop stronger, smaller and more cost-effective materials for a range of potential uses. But while there are many “nano-scale…



