Technology
Shatterproof phone screens could be made from seashell-like glass
A type of glass that can deform like plastic by mimicking the properties of mother-of-pearl could be used for everything from car windows to foldable phones
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Environment
The world’s supply of rubber is in jeopardy. Can we find new sources?
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Physics
Artificial sponges could pull uranium from seawater for nuclear power
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Technology
Our wooden future: making cars, skyscrapers and even lasers from wood
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Technology
To avert environmental disaster, we need to return to the trees
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Environment
The US has started burning recycling but it should only be temporary
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Technology
Heat-sensitive fabric cools you on hot days and warms you in the cold
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Physics
Material made from citrus fruit peel could help clean up oil spills
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Physics
Self-growing material could make muscles that become stronger with use
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Physics
Droplets don’t have to be round – here’s one squished into a square
Drops of liquid are usually round, but now we鈥檝e found out how to make square droplets by squashing liquid between two elastic films stretched in different directions
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Technology
Your old, unwanted clothes can be turned into building materials
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Technology
What it’s like to play Call of Duty in a blacker-than-black room
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Life
Mantis shrimps punch with the force of a bullet – and now we know how
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Mind
New Call of Duty trials no-helmet immersion – using superblack paint
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