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Cyborg locusts with brain nanoparticles could act as bomb sniffers

Researchers wanting to make use of locusts鈥� keen sense of smell to sniff out certain chemicals have found that injecting their brains with nanoparticles seems to make odour identification more reliable

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Human bronchi, illustration.

Health

Inhalable nanoparticles could help treat chronic lung disease

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Technology

Watch a robot with living muscles walk through water

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Life

Does the birth of a cloned monkey mean we could now clone people?

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Life

Yeast has half its DNA rewritten in quest for synthetic complex cells

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Life

Egg sex screening aims to stop slaughter of billions of male chicks

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Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Gene-edited yeasts transform bread and give rice wine a banana taste

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The Lego robot

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Lego robot used to make DNA structures for tiny machines more quickly

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Health

Heart chambers 3D printed from live human cells can beat for months

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Environment

Genetically engineered gut bacterium could protect bees from parasite

The fungal parasite Nosema is deadly to honeybee colonies and evolving resistance to fungicides, but engineered bacteria may help bees resist infection

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Technology

Pneumatic computer uses pressure instead of electricity

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Life

Ancient bacteria genome reconstructed from Neanderthal tooth gunk

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Health

Pill that zaps stomach cells could treat nausea and lack of appetite

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Buying Time review: Podcast explores an attempt to ‘cure’ ageing

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