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A wounded soldier

Technology

US Army has made a plastic bandage that swells to patch wounds

Most soldiers who die from potentially survival wounds suffer from uncontrolled bleeding. The US Army developed a bandage material that can seal wounds faster and more effectively

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Stealth sheets can make you appear invisible to infrared cameras

Physics

Stealth sheets can make you appear invisible to infrared cameras

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model in faux fur

Life

Vegan-friendly fashion is actually bad for the environment

Insight

Morphing magnetic shapes

Technology

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

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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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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

Poking tiny dents into solar panels makes them work better

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Physics

Super-tough diamonds have been made bendy and springy

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Physics

Ultrasonic micro-explosions can harvest gold from old SIM cards

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