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Rubber wires can stretch up to 8 times
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Rubber wires can stretch up to 8 times

Researchers at the University of North Carolina (USA) have successfully studied a type of electrical wire that can stretch up to 8 times like any elastic cord.

December 14, 2018
Inventing batteries can be surprisingly elastic
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Inventing batteries can be surprisingly elastic

Yonggang Huang of Northwestern University and the University of Illinois John A. Rogers was the first to invent a kind of scalable li-ion battery - a flexible device cap…

December 14, 2018
Smart shoe soles
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Smart shoe soles

Using sensor and gyroscope systems, smart shoe soles designed by University of Utah (US) experts can help correct abnormal gait in the carrier.

December 14, 2018
Talking gloves
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Talking gloves

Those who are incapable of speaking can now communicate thanks to a talking glove, an invention of a group of engineers graduated from the University of Sheffield (UK),…

December 14, 2018
Prevent bubbles from forming when the water boils
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Prevent bubbles from forming when the water boils

According to the Nature report, experts from King Abdullah's University of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia) have invented a new nanomaterial that is capable of disa…

December 14, 2018
Semiconductor an atom
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Semiconductor an atom

Experts from the University of New South Wales (Australia) have made breakthroughs when successfully developing semiconductors from a single atom.

December 14, 2018
Photovoltaic cells are thinner than spider silk
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Photovoltaic cells are thinner than spider silk

Austrian and Japanese experts have just announced a new invention: photovoltaic cells are thinner than spider silk and tough enough to bend around a human hair.

December 14, 2018
New way to remove ink on paper
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New way to remove ink on paper

Researchers at Cambridge University used short wavelengths to erase text and images printed on paper. Ultraviolet rays and infrared light converge in the laser to remove…

December 14, 2018
New way to create antimatter
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New way to create antimatter

Physicists at the University of California, Riverside, USA, have discovered a new way to create positronium, a strange atom and only exist for a short time ...

December 14, 2018
The world's first invisibility cloak
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The world's first invisibility cloak

Invisibility cloak has long been a dream for the world science community and is a familiar image in science fiction and magic movies. Now, that dream has come true.

December 14, 2018
Air cushion ship 'made in VietNam'
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Air cushion ship 'made in VietNam'

Ho Chi Minh City Polytechnic University has just completed the air-cushion ship - the vessel has just operated under water and has run on shore.

December 14, 2018
Multi-purpose forest fire truck
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Multi-purpose forest fire truck

A group of researchers from the University of Forestry has created a multi-purpose forest fire truck that can fire even with soil.

December 14, 2018