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A hearing aid system that uses light to send sound signals into the nervous system has been developed by researchers in...
13 July 2018
A group of scientists are using virtual reality technology to treat fear of heights…
21 June 2018
For the first time ever, a robot has been used to perform surgery on the human eye
21 March 2018
Driverless cars used to be something that only appeared in science fiction, but they’re swiftly becoming a reality....
02 February 2018
The beginning of the genome revolution?
16 November 2017
Every step you take, every click you make, someone's watching you...
20 September 2017
When you hear the word robots, you probably think of giant metal creatures moving awkwardly around the room — or...
20 July 2017
Modern-day chemical engineers have built better batteries equipped with molecular pulleys...
29 June 2017
A new technique to see inside tissues in three dimensions, so doctors can make better and much faster diagnoses during...
26 April 2017
Cells controlled remotely by a smartphone app can release insulin into the bloodstream to regulate glucose levels in...
26 January 2017
A computer programme, designed to teach itself, can spot skin cancers as successfully as a panel of trained skin...
03 December 2016
Prostate cancer is diagnosed in more than a million men every year, and the rates have more than doubled in recent...
03 November 2016
Plants that use nanoparticles to pick up the presence of pollution, or even explosives, have been engineered by...
27 September 2016
Sonic holograms that shape sound waves into complex patterns to manipulate tiny objects, have been developed by...
16 September 2016
Using brain implants, a pair of monkeys have reproduced some of Shakespeare's work to break a speed record for...
16 September 2016
A new concept in energy storage based on water and capable of soaking up power from solar cells has been developed by...
20 July 2016
A technique for storing data using individual atoms has been announced by scientists in the Netherlands...
10 June 2016
A new coating, illuminated by a low-cost infrared laser, can produce powerful beams of warm white light.
27 May 2016
A new generation of "optical" clock promises to make time-keeping even more accurate.
06 May 2016
Nanobots (really small robots) sound like science fiction, but Cambridge researchers have brought them one step closer...
10 March 2016
Bacteria that can degrade PET, one of the most commonly used forms of plastic, have been identified by Japanese...
04 March 2016
A wireless electrode device that beams brainwaves out of the head has enabled monkeys to manoeuvre wheelchairs using...
04 March 2016
A soft robotic skin sensitive to touch and deformation, and with the ability to change colour like an octopus, has been...
03 March 2016
The first step towards a space-based gravitational wave telescope has been tested successfully by the European Space...