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A tiny diamond-based sensor 1/50,000th of a millimetre across can be used to measure the temperature at specific points...

Ultra-lightweight electronics fashioned from thin plastic films formed into microcircuits have been developed in Japan...

A clotting-control system based on laser-activated nanoparticles has been developed by scientists in the US.

Claudia and Priya give you the facts about human powered flight

A scalpel that can discriminate healthy and cancerous tissue can tell surgeons if tumours have been completely removed...

A solar-powered medical steriliser for third world countries uses nanoparticles to produce a scalding jet of bug-...

Nuclear fallout from Cold War nuclear tests could help to identify poached ivory...

A new diagnostic technique is enabling scientists to listen to red blood cells for signs of disease.

Researchers have developed a fuel cell that runs on tears, which they say could power lens-mounted glucose sensors for...

A new coating technique that makes bone bond tightly to an artificial joint has been developed by US scientists...

The virtual currency 'bitcoin' has long been used by gamers to buy extra features online. Now you can spend...

This week Google has tested a new balloon network that could being internet to remote locations...

A self-powering retinal implant that can turn light into sight has been successfully tested in rats.

A team in Singapore have developed an invisibility cloak that can hide goldfish and cats...

Scientists have engineered a viral vector that can convert cells lining the airways into producers of flu-fighting...

Optics develop to send 400Gbits per second down an optical fibre 12800km long and could reduce the price and increase...

Can we watch chemical reactions taking place with new atomic force microscope technology?

Just one return trip to Mars would eat up about two-thirds of an astronaut's lifetime "safe" dose of...

QuickFire Science on the 60th anniversary of the first complete ascent of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tensing...

Scientists have used 3D printing techniques to construct a new trachea to successfully treat a child born with airway...

A “cloaking device”, capable of rendering objects invisible to microwave light, has been produced using a 3-D printer.

This week the world's first gun made entirely from a 3D printer was successfully fired. Here's the...

Scientists in China have developed a sensor that can reveal when food might be bad to eat because it’s been poorly...

IBM have created the world's smallest movie using atoms - here's how they did it!