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Chemistry

Super-sticky hydrogel is 10 times stronger than other glues underwater

Researchers analysed thousands of natural protein sequences and got assistance from AI in order to design a new hydrogel adhesive that can stay sticky underwater or even within a living body

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Chemistry

Extra-hard hexagonal diamonds can now be grown in a lab

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Environment

Built-in fire extinguishers can prevent battery explosions

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Chemistry

We finally understand why quasicrystals can exist

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Physics

Solving the 250-year-old puzzle of how static electricity works

Features

Technology

X-ray boosting fabric could make mammograms less painful

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XB-1 in transonic flight with riblet package test patches installed, Boom Supersonic

Technology

Jets wrapped in 'shark skin' material could fly further on less fuel

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Life

Living material made from fungus could make buildings more sustainable

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Chemistry

Plant-based waterproof material could replace single-use plastics

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Chemistry

Wood made transparent using rice and egg whites could replace windows

Transparent wood, made by stripping organic polymers and replacing them with a mixture of egg whites and rice extract, could be used as windows and smartphone screens

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Chemistry

Metals can be squeezed into sheets just a few atoms thick

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Physics

'Galloping' bubbles could act as tiny robotic vacuum cleaners

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Technology

Electrodes made from bread could replace metal conductors

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Physics

Twisted crystals show hints of a new kind of superconductivity

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