Fourth Industrial Revolution
3D printing method turns goo into a hand in minutes
This work involves a 3D printing method called stereolithography and jelly-like materials (hydrogels), used to create products such as contact lenses.
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Health and Healthcare Systems
Could a vaccine one day protect us from malaria?
A transmission-blocking vaccine could one day help in the fight against malaria.
Arts and Culture
日本の紙を使ったアート、電子工学の未来をけん引
折った紙を切っていく折り紙の一種「切り紙」は、柔軟性のある電子回路の作成に取り組む研究者たちにひらめきを与えています。この革新的な技術は、厳選されたポリマーとナノワイヤーを用いて、耐久性に優れながらも折り曲げることができる薄板状の電子材料を作り出すもので、柔軟な回路を必要とするスマート衣類や電子皮膚といった分野での活用が期待されます。
Arts and Culture
Japanese paper art could drive the future of electronics
Kirigami - a version of origami - is helping inspired researchers to create malleable circuits.
Nature and Biodiversity
This device can provide clean water to the world's poorest regions
A ‘solar vapor’ device has been developed to purifiy dirty drinking water.
This stem cell gene is called Nanog and it could reverse ageing
Scientists are gaining a better understanding of ageing through research on an embryonic stem cell gene called Nanog.