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Driverless cars used to be something that only appeared in science fiction, but they’re swiftly becoming a reality....
The beginning of the genome revolution?
Every step you take, every click you make, someone's watching you...
When you hear the word robots, you probably think of giant metal creatures moving awkwardly around the room — or...
Modern-day chemical engineers have built better batteries equipped with molecular pulleys...
A new technique to see inside tissues in three dimensions, so doctors can make better and much faster diagnoses during...
Cells controlled remotely by a smartphone app can release insulin into the bloodstream to regulate glucose levels in...
A computer programme, designed to teach itself, can spot skin cancers as successfully as a panel of trained skin...
Prostate cancer is diagnosed in more than a million men every year, and the rates have more than doubled in recent...
Plants that use nanoparticles to pick up the presence of pollution, or even explosives, have been engineered by...
Sonic holograms that shape sound waves into complex patterns to manipulate tiny objects, have been developed by...
A new concept in energy storage based on water and capable of soaking up power from solar cells has been developed by...
Using brain implants, a pair of monkeys have reproduced some of Shakespeare's work to break a speed record for...
A technique for storing data using individual atoms has been announced by scientists in the Netherlands...
A new coating, illuminated by a low-cost infrared laser, can produce powerful beams of warm white light.
A new generation of "optical" clock promises to make time-keeping even more accurate.
Nanobots (really small robots) sound like science fiction, but Cambridge researchers have brought them one step closer...
Bacteria that can degrade PET, one of the most commonly used forms of plastic, have been identified by Japanese...
A soft robotic skin sensitive to touch and deformation, and with the ability to change colour like an octopus, has been...
A wireless electrode device that beams brainwaves out of the head has enabled monkeys to manoeuvre wheelchairs using...
The first step towards a space-based gravitational wave telescope has been tested successfully by the European Space...
A 3d printer capable of building organs and tissues by printing complex arrangements of cells has been unveiled by US...
A new technique that uses ultrasound waves has enabled French scientists to see some of the smallest structures in the...
A system that uses sound waves to manipulate objects in mid air, and even inside the body, has been developed by...