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materials science

Morphing magnetic shapes

Technology

Watch a 3D-printed magnetic critter fold and move all by itself

By embedding magnetic particles into rubber, we can 3D print little shapes that fold, morph, and move around on their own in the presence of a magnetic field

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CERN-inspired artwork HALO will make the invisible, visible

Technology

CERN-inspired artwork HALO will make the invisible, visible

Culture

Bent bird feathers repair themselves when soaked in water

Physics

Bent bird feathers repair themselves when soaked in water

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Grape skins and stems can be turned into a greener plastic

Physics

Grape skins and stems can be turned into a greener plastic

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Halo Jones: return of the 50th-century galactic adventurer

Space

Halo Jones: return of the 50th-century galactic adventurer

Culture

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Physics

What Is Real? A tale of how big egos hijacked quantum physics

Culture

roaming free

Physics

Upend atom! We've found a whole new way of doing chemistry

Features

Alan Turing inspired a faster way to make seawater drinkable

Physics

Alan Turing inspired a faster way to make seawater drinkable

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Laser-sticker contacts could let you shoot beams from your eyes

Physics

Laser-sticker contacts could let you shoot beams from your eyes

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Toughest ever heat shields made of springy sponge-like stuff

Space

Toughest ever heat shields made of springy sponge-like stuff

Chinese scientists have developed a compressible aerogel that has shown in early heat shield tests to be 5 times more resilient than previous materials

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Physics

Superlight aerogel made by mimicking a baby dragonfly’s wings

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Physics

Super-tough diamonds have been made bendy and springy

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Physics

Poking tiny dents into solar panels makes them work better

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Physics

Carlo Rovelli: physics' literary superstar makes us rethink time

Culture

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