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Is our reality a computer simulation?
Your ideas will create the materials of the future...
The modern-day equivalent of a scale pan for molecules
Could drawing on the properties of quantum behaviour provide a route to truly secure cryptography?
The same systems that are fanning the flames of fake news can also help to combat it...
Shark-cams reveal the world through a white shark's eyes for the first time...
How do satellites communicate with each other?
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To get to Mars, we need to reach the Moon first. The LRO will be NASA's eye while preparing for new missions.
Squint-controlled glasses could change the limits of human perception...
Under-road heating that melts ice and snow within 15 minutes and real-time information about icy road conditions could...
Smart robots that react to their surroundings are being developed to work in situations that are too dangerous for...
Scientists pick the discoveries that would revolutionise their fields in 2019
Video games that are specifically designed to test and improve children’s social and emotional skills could enable...
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A new type of use-by label for milk bottles that decomposes as the liquid inside goes sour could appear on UK...
How drones and AI are helping to track endangered species and threatened marine habitats...
Personalised smartphone applications and wearable technologies that are attuned to the user’s state of mind are...
Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics, ‘desperately’ need an institutional framework and...
Europe’s population is ageing rapidly, yet the majority of car safety equipment is tested using dummies modelled on...
Electric ferries and digital communication between ships could help in the quest to decarbonise maritime transport, a...
Micro- and nano-robots built for medical purposes have the potential to venture deep within our bodies to repair damage...
Lightweight electric mini-cars could soon be a common sight on the streets of Europe’s cities thanks to longer-lasting...