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04 March 2012
A device that can stop someone speaking from across a room has been developed
26 February 2012
Certain computer games have been shown to improve the symptoms of schizophrenia and produce long-lasting benefits for...
19 February 2012
Stem cells harvested from heart attack victims' own hearts can be used to repair the injured organ, US doctors...
17 February 2012
A virus-sized self-assembling robot crafted from a strand of DNA has been engineered by scientists in America.
08 January 2012
A fuel cell has been developed which can run off the sugars in an insect....
18 December 2011
A camera capable of taking a trillion frames per second has been constructed.
04 December 2011
This week, researchers from the UK, Canada and Singapore have accomplished quantum entanglement on the macro scale,...
02 December 2011
A technique to quantify the perceptual impact of photo-manipulation on fashion shots has been developed by US...
27 November 2011
A Diode for light has been constructed, a true one way mirror.
22 September 2011
Inspired by the insect-eating pitcher plant, scientists have created a material capable of repelling almost any liquid...
22 September 2011
Using an MRI scanner to read their brain activity, scientists have successfully decoded and then reconstructed the...
18 September 2011
Online computer gaming is sometimes viewed as a mere pastime without much outward benefit, but new research reveals how...
13 September 2011
This week the British Geological Survey has released a 'risk list' for the supply of the metals essential for...
11 September 2011
This week, an international team of researchers reported how they have used computer-aided design (or CAD) to build a...
11 September 2011
A new form of thermal camouflage has been developed for military vehicles
04 September 2011
A completely computer-generated model of the human heart that can successfully predict the effects of anti-arrhythmic...
04 September 2011
Tiny gold rods may give us almost complete control over light waves.
07 August 2011
Nasa has launched 3 lego men on their way to Jupiter
01 July 2011
Airplanes punching their way through clouds near major airports can increase local precipitation...
19 June 2011
Porous molecules, useful in a huge range of applications including separating chemicals and catalysing reactions, may...
05 June 2011
Materials are normally either hard and brittle or soft and weak, but now they might be able to be electrically tuneable.
05 June 2011
The largest ever DNA computer has been built, which might help build diagnostic tests or even understand cells.
26 May 2011
A material that temporarily transforms itself into a "permanent" magnet when a small voltage is applied has...