Space
Terminator-style ‘skin’ quickly repairs itself after a gunshot
A self-healing material that can fix itself with unprecedented speed could help protect structures in space
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Spiders sprayed with graphene or carbon nanotubes spin super silk
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Fabric fights off fire and water at the same time
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Physics
Liquid metal brings shape-shifting robot a step closer
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Physics
Programmable pop-up materials can morph on command
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Bulletproof graphene makes ultra-strong body armour
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Physics
Inside exotic dead stars are piles of waffles
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Springy ceramics bounce back when squeezed
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Stretchy plastics hide secret pictures
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Earth
An easier way to turn plant scraps to plastics
A new way of turning vegetable waste directly into bioplastics could make such materials even more environmentally friendly
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Physics
Colour-changing metal to yield thin, flexible displays
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Flower-like liquid crystal lens grows like a pearl
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Terminator 2-style liquid metal can now be 3D printed
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Twisting artificial muscle fibre made with nanotubes
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