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'In' human bones with 3D technology
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'In' human bones with 3D technology

Scientists at Washington University in the US have used a three-dimensional printer to 'bone' the shape of a natural bone, which can be used to treat injuries.

December 11, 2018
Read mail, watch news on contact lenses
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Read mail, watch news on contact lenses

Professor Babak Parviz and colleagues at the University of Washington are working to develop a contact lens that can connect to the internet, receive and display informa…

December 11, 2018
Robot insects explore the environment
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Robot insects explore the environment

Researchers at Michigan Tech University are using insects to explore potentially dangerous environments before getting people there.

December 11, 2018
Woven fabric from ... dog fur
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Woven fabric from ... dog fur

Researchers from York University have found the first evidence that people in the Pacific coast of North America used to use dog fur to weave cloth.

December 11, 2018
Students make electric cars
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Students make electric cars

Demonstrating electric car production is not just in large countries with huge industries, a group of students and a professor at Makarere University in Uganda build an…

December 11, 2018
Obesity control device
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Obesity control device

People will be able to lose weight easily thanks to a device created by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh. The device is called Ebutton.

December 11, 2018
Make clean water from the ultrasonic tap
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Make clean water from the ultrasonic tap

A team of scientists at the University of Southampton (UK) has created a device that produces clean water from a power-saving ultrasonic tap.

December 11, 2018
Breakthrough on touch screen for the blind
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Breakthrough on touch screen for the blind

Scientists at the Polytechnic University of Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, have invented a new generation of touchscreens that allow users to feel by touching their finge…

December 11, 2018
Metal lighter 100 times
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Metal lighter 100 times

The research was done by a coalition of scientists from the University of California, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the California Institute of Technolo…

December 11, 2018