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Electric eel-inspired batteries could power life-long pacemakers

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Electric eel-inspired batteries could power life-long pacemakers

A new battery made of fleshy hydrogel layers generates and stores power like electric eels do. It could power pacemakers without ever needing to be replaced

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Hand with e-skin displays heartbeat

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Electronic skin animates heartbeat on the back of your hand

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Close-up of a person's face wearing the Google Glass

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Will a new wave of smart glasses make us 'glassholes' again?

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A baby being breastfed

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Transgender woman is first to be able to breastfeed her baby

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Opioid painkillers are prescribed more in northern England

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Opioid painkillers are prescribed more in northern England

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Two men standing in a vape shop, one inspecting products, the other behind the counter exhaling smoke

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We need to start taking vaping seriously as a way to save lives

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The EMA building

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Fears of Brexit chaos for medicines agency should worry us all

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Police stop a driver whilst wearing smart glasses

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Chinese police use face recognition glasses to catch criminals

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Big tech is unpopular, but we mostly have ourselves to blame

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Big tech is unpopular, but we mostly have ourselves to blame

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A pregnant woman with a glass of water in one hand and a pill in the other

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Pregnant women have to navigate a minefield of painkiller advice

I'm pregnant and sick of confusing advice about whether painkillers can harm developing fetuses - what should women like me do?

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Calm down – China is not racing ahead with human CRISPR trials

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Smart contact lens monitors sweetness of diabetics' tears

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Voice assistants dominate CES as Google plays catchup with Alexa

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Robotic implant could help children with rare disorder eat again

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