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Technology

Robot that climbs through gut without losing grip could deliver drugs

A robot that uses its spiked feet to cling to the mucus-covered lining of the gut could one day climb through the human body to install monitoring devices or deliver therapies

$Diffractive solar sails, depicted in this conceptual illustration, could enable missions to hard-to-reach places, like orbits over the Sun?s poles. Credits: MacKenzi Martin$

Space

NASA awards $2 million to advance rainbow-coloured solar sail project

Artist's impression of a many-body quantum gate with trapped Rydberg atoms. The qubit in the center controls the state of the neighboring qubits by making use of the strong interaction between Rydberg atoms.

Chemistry

杏吧原创s made a new kind of molecule bigger than some bacteria

Demonstrators during a rally calling for action on gun safety on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., US, on Thursday, May 26, 2022.??In the wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 students and two teachers were killed, students across the country are once again planning to walk out as a form of political action against gun violence.??Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Health

Which US laws have been shown to cut gun violence and mass shootings?

A stock image of a person holding a child's hand in hospital

Health

Gene-replacement therapy is helping children overcome fatal diseases

ERCOLANO, ITALY - APRIL 22: General view of the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum on April 22, 2022 in Pompei, Italy. Visits to the underground path of the Ancient Theater of the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum start again, after a period of closure imposed by the limitations due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Ancient Theater, destination of the grand tour, was buried by the eruption of 79 AD. it was the first monument to be discovered in the Vesuvian sites during the eighteenth century. In 1738, King Charles III of Bourbon began an intense excavation that marked the beginning of modern Western archeology. (Photo by Ivan Romano/Getty Images)

Humans

Proteins in human bones near Pompeii survived temperatures of 500掳C

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Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: The science behind the sci-fi

Graphene

Chemistry

Zapping scrap plastic from cars can turn it into recyclable graphene

The two individuals found in the ?Casa del Fabbro? or "House of the Craftsman" (room 9) in Pompeii. Credit: Notizie degli Scavi di Antichit?, 1934, p. 286, fig. 10.

Humans

An ancient Roman who died in Pompeii has had their genome sequenced

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Health

Brain cancer immunotherapy in mice more effective with drug coating

A nanoparticle coat helps an immunotherapy drug cross the blood-brain barrier in mice so it can target brain tumours more effectively

Health

3D-printed tourniquets could save lives in conflict zones

Technology

Will AI text-to-image generators put illustrators out of a job?

Physics

Strange gamma ray flashes from lightning storms may have explanation

Health

7 things to do to avoid dementia even if you have high genetic risk