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Sea slugs can be the hardest biological material in the world
British scientists believe that the teeth of a slug may be the hardest biological material ever known.
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Biodegradable fishing nets
Every year, thousands of animals, including sea animals, sharks as well as birds have died due to being trapped in fishing nets.
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Reconnaissance aircraft from unique biodegradable material
NASA scientists have successfully built an unmanned mini-spy plane from biological materials.
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Phone batteries can be made from stool
Scientists have found a natural process that occurs in bacteria in human faeces that can be used to produce bio-batteries.
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Buses run by human waste
The first bus powered by biogas, treated from human waste, came into operation in the UK.
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Electronic self-degradation
Electronic devices have the ability to completely decompose in water and leave only harmless final products that are part of a rapidly emerging technology.
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Research three-dimensional biological printers producing kidneys
Russia's first 3D bio-printer makers promise in 2015 to print off internal organs that function properly
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Hard biodegradable yarn like steel made of wood cellulose
A team of researchers working at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden recently developed a method that makes cellulose fibers hard as steel in terms…
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Bio-robots run by energy from urine
Scientists are perfecting a human heart-pumping fuel pump system to fuel the bio-powered biomass robotic system.
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The first sperm based robot
Researchers at the Integrative Nanosciences Research Institute in Dresden, Germany, have created
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Bio-plastics from safe plants to the environment
The study focused on the technique of creating a biodegradable polymer called polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB).
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Biological semiconductors help control living cells
The types of transistors that make up the microchips of computers and other technological devices are the basis for Stanford scientists based on the principle of making…
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New technology creates fake ear like and works like real ears
Bio engineers and doctors at Cornell have created an artificial ear using 3D printing techniques and injection molds - this ear looks and acts like a natural ear.
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Garden 'standing' on the wall thanks to bio-concrete
Thanks to a bio-concrete, dream of planting trees on the wall, the roof of many will become a reality.