Fourth Industrial Revolution
Could this polymer lead to artificial skin and muscle?
Researchers at Stanford have created a super-elastic polymer which can be stretched up to 100 times its length.
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This is a drone race with a difference
The University of Florida has held a drone race where participants control the machines using their minds.
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This breakthrough turns any surface into a 360-degree camera
This flexible sheet can be attached to any surface, much like wallpaper, to turn it into a camera.
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A new way to make quantum measurements
Physicists have found a less destructive way of making quantum measurements by measuring outliers instead of the atoms themselves.
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These hypercells can move, ‘think’ and build cities on their own
These 'hypercells' can form into structures on their own and have the ability to climb, roll, and alter in shape.
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Want to better understand the universe? Then recreate it in a lab
Scientists are recreating some of the universe's most dramatic and extreme events in the laboratory.
Emerging Technologies
This microscope uses artificial intelligence to detect cancer cells
UCLA researchers have developed a revolutionary microscope.
Climate Action
The North Pole is moving – and we're to blame
It used to be moving west but now it's changed direction, and NASA scientists think they've uncovered why.
Energy Transition
This desk-sized turbine could power 10,000 homes
A usual turbine is big in size and weighs a lot, but this GE turbine prototype is the opposite. It’s a desk-sized turbine that runs on CO2 instead of steam
Energy Transition
Are solar satellites the future of energy production?
The Space Solar Power Initiative is hoping to put solar panels into space.
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Is this inflatable room the future of space exploration?
The International Space Station has taken delivery of an inflatable room.
Industries in Depth
How Facebook is helping blind people 'see' photos
Machine learning technology has started describing photos to visually impaired users.
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Is this the future of medicine?
The first 3D printed drug is now commercially available in the US.
Energy Transition
China wants to build a $50tn global wind and solar power grid
The company that runs China's power grid just proposed a $50 trillion global electricity network to help tackle pollution and climate change.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Could this make building quantum computers much easier?
Quantum computing is now within reach, thanks to a major breakthrough that reveals how quantum computers can be assembled.