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Health, the human body & more...
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Quick biomarker detection
UK physicists have found a way for the quick and accurate detection of the biomarkers for specific diseases. This strategy could pave the way for the development of new tools that can detect the early stages of cancer or Alzheimer's disease.
Virtually in your head
Engineers in Spain have developed a system that measures human physiological parameters: respiration, heart rate and skin reaction, and introduces them into computer designed characters in real time.
Sorting the fakes from the real
Counterfeit drugs are an extremely serious problem in Africa and now a British and Swedish team have an explosive technique to combat it.
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Technology, gadgets & more...
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3D maps from your back
A backpack fitted with portable lasers could help produce fast, automatic and realistic 3D maps. It has been made to work in difficult indoor environments.
Less noise, more data
Computer engineers in Southampton have developed a new system that can improve optical data transmission (broadband) by lessening unwanted ‘noise’.
Intelligent stamps
The Royal Mail has launched what it claims to be the world’s first readable stamp, which can be scanned by a smart phone.
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The world, environment & more...
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High-definition wind
A new system involving HD cameras mounted on a ‘wave hub’ off the coast of Cornwall could offer engineers insight into how wave energy devices work.
How do your flowers grow?
Researchers in Germany are trying to preserve the essential nutrients from waste water for more successful plant and crop growth.
Self-healing solar cells
Tiny solar cells that use the protein from plants can repair themselves.
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The future...
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Open-source robot
By making a formula open-source, as with Apple’s smartphone and social networks like Facebook, developers hope robot progress can enjoy similar success.
LEGO MoonBot wins
A student team in the US have won the MoonBot competition with an entry made entirely out of LEGO.
Asteroid power
Asteroids spied by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope could contain the ingredients to jump-start life on Earth or aid future space travel.
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