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A girl getting vaccinated

Technology

Plastic cubes injected into the body could replace booster shots

Microscopic degradable polymer cubes stuffed with vaccines could spell the end of booster jabs, and lead to a single vaccine that protects against all diseases

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Atomic assembly lines are a small victory for chemists

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Technology

Atomic Legoland: How to build wonder stuff from the atom up

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Space

Science fiction picks: Time for a reality check

Culture

Exploding lightbulb

Technology

Eight great accidents in scientific discovery

Features

explosion in desert

Physics

Bigger bang theory: teach atoms new tricks to beef up explosives

Features

Plastics made fireproof thanks to mother-of-pearl mimic

Technology

Plastics made fireproof thanks to mother-of-pearl mimic

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Earth

Throwaway culture: The truth about recycling

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Earth

Invisibility cloak makes solar panels work more efficiently

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Ocean plastics from Haiti’s beaches turned into laptop packaging

Earth

Ocean plastics from Haiti’s beaches turned into laptop packaging

Laptop packaging is an unlikely new destination for plastic otherwise destined for oceans – but will it make a difference to the clean-up efforts?

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Physics

Fortified gas marbles are 10 times stronger than regular bubbles

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Technology

Twisted semiconductors could help project moving holograms

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Technology

Special steel inspired by bone is more resistant to cracking

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Technology

Old toys will self-destruct thanks to vanishing plastic

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