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Don’t Throw Stones! Inside the Smart Solar Greenhouse

09/11/2017

Solar greenhouses generate electricity and grow healthy crops ...

surgical screw made of bone by © surgebright

Turning ‘Ol Sawbones to ‘Ol Screwbones

29/09/2017

Making surgical screws from bones ...

Hard, hard, hard… chewy: Glassy Carbon

12/06/2017

New form of carbon that's hard as a rock, yet elastic, like rubber ...

3-D Printed Bionic Skin for Touchy Feely Robots

15/05/2017

3-D-printed 'bionic skin' could give robots the sense of touch ...

When Life Hands You Oranges…. Water Purification With Peel

26/03/2017

Wastewater cleaned thanks to a new absorbent material made from fruit peels ...

Track My Tendons! Keeping Tabs on Damaged Tissue

22/03/2017

University of Utah bioengineers detect early signs of damage in connective tissues such as ligaments, tendons and cartilage...

But Can it Catch? Chemical Computer Recognises a Sphere

14/03/2017

The prototype of a chemical computer detects a sphere ...

The Lego Synthesiser: Sound Shaping Metamaterial Developed

01/03/2017

Sound-shaping super-material invented...

Soft-Touch Robotics, Coming to a Rub Shop Near You

16/12/2016

New robot has a human touch ...

Modified Sawdust Mops Up Oil Spills

14/12/2016

Sawdust reinvented into super sponge for oil spills ...

Screw Your Noisy Drone, We’ve Got Electric Bubbles! MIT Make Ultra Lightweight Solar Cell

29/02/2016

MIT develop thinnest and lightest solar cells ever ...

Swiss Scientists Beat Off Rivals to Develop ‘Soft Gripper’

01/02/2016

Technologists in Lausanne develop robotic fingers with a gentle touch ...

But How Do You Get the Lid Off? Mesoglue Revolutionises Nano-Stickiness

12/01/2016

A glue that binds metal to metal to glass to you-name-it, sets at room temperature, and requires little pressure to seal...

Glowing With Health – Fluorescent Agent Helps Cancer Surgery

10/01/2016

Injectable Agent Illuminates Cancer During Surgery...

Seeking (and finding) the Soft-Bodied Jumping Robot

14/07/2015

By seamlessly blending soft and rigid body parts -- a structural innovation used by animals and insects -- a team of Harvard scientists has created a new kind of durable, soft-bodied jumping robot...

Jacobs School of Engineering/UC San Diego

Lifesaving Nano-Tattoo Monitors Bloodsugar

16/01/2015

This first-ever example of the flexible, easy-to-wear device could be a promising step forward in noninvasive glucose testing...

Tag: innovation

Don’t Throw Stones! Inside the Smart Solar Greenhouse

Turning ‘Ol Sawbones to ‘Ol Screwbones

Hard, hard, hard… chewy: Glassy Carbon

3-D Printed Bionic Skin for Touchy Feely Robots

When Life Hands You Oranges…. Water Purification With Peel

Track My Tendons! Keeping Tabs on Damaged Tissue

But Can it Catch? Chemical Computer Recognises a Sphere

The Lego Synthesiser: Sound Shaping Metamaterial Developed

Soft-Touch Robotics, Coming to a Rub Shop Near You

Modified Sawdust Mops Up Oil Spills

Screw Your Noisy Drone, We’ve Got Electric Bubbles! MIT Make Ultra Lightweight Solar Cell

Swiss Scientists Beat Off Rivals to Develop ‘Soft Gripper’

But How Do You Get the Lid Off? Mesoglue Revolutionises Nano-Stickiness

Glowing With Health – Fluorescent Agent Helps Cancer Surgery

Seeking (and finding) the Soft-Bodied Jumping Robot

Lifesaving Nano-Tattoo Monitors Bloodsugar

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