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For the record

28 June 2017


Italy’s drying lakes imperil rare shrimp species found only here

Italy’s drying lakes imperil rare shrimp species found only here

22 June 2017

The survival of ancient and unique species thriving in mountain lakes in central Italy have been threatened by a double whammy of a quake and climate change


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Smart doll fitted with AI chip can read your child's emotions

20 June 2017

A battery-powered chip inside a doll can run AI algorithms without needing to pass information to the cloud and so will help keep data private


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Defibrillator drones could save lives before ambulance arrives

13 June 2017

A trial in Sweden has found that drones carrying defibrillators can shave minutes off emergency response time, which could save hundreds of lives a year


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Smart jacket and VR headset let you pilot a drone with your body

12 June 2017

By converting body movements into commands, a pimped-up jacket could give people a more intuitive and fun way to pilot aerial drones


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Life aloft: The unexplored ecosystem above your head

7 June 2017

We have nature reserves on land and at sea, but the sky has never been considered a habitat, let alone one worth preserving, until now


Underwater drones use sound to send snaps of the ocean floor

Underwater drones use sound to send snaps of the ocean floor

31 May 2017

Underwater unmanned vehicles that scour the ocean floor for submerged mines can now beam back their images to human operators in close to real-time


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Drones won't work very well underground

24 May 2017


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Wake-up call: How turbulence could reveal secret nuclear subs

24 May 2017

If there's truth in cold war claims about tracking subs, it would rewrite our theories of turbulence and foil our nuclear deterrent


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Where the wind blows: Mapping our wildest gusts

17 May 2017

A new wind atlas will help turbines avoid the doldrums – and solve some of wind's enduring mysteries


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