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materials

Stealth sheets can make you appear invisible to infrared cameras

Physics

Stealth sheets can make you appear invisible to infrared cameras

A cloaking material renders objects almost completely invisible in infrared light and could have military applications

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model in faux fur

Life

Vegan-friendly fashion is actually bad for the environment

Insight

Morphing magnetic shapes

Technology

Watch a 3D-printed magnetic critter fold and move all by itself

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Bent bird feathers repair themselves when soaked in water

Physics

Bent bird feathers repair themselves when soaked in water

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Grape skins and stems can be turned into a greener plastic

Physics

Grape skins and stems can be turned into a greener plastic

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roaming free

Physics

Upend atom! We've found a whole new way of doing chemistry

Features

Alan Turing inspired a faster way to make seawater drinkable

Physics

Alan Turing inspired a faster way to make seawater drinkable

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Laser-sticker contacts could let you shoot beams from your eyes

Physics

Laser-sticker contacts could let you shoot beams from your eyes

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Toughest ever heat shields made of springy sponge-like stuff

Space

Toughest ever heat shields made of springy sponge-like stuff

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Dragonfly wing

Physics

Superlight aerogel made by mimicking a baby dragonfly’s wings

Dragonflies solidify their jelly-like wings with sodium bicarbonate they make in their gut. Aerogels used for heat shields have been made using the same method

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Physics

Super-tough diamonds have been made bendy and springy

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Physics

Poking tiny dents into solar panels makes them work better

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Physics

Ultrasonic micro-explosions can harvest gold from old SIM cards

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Physics

Sticky yet slick material pulls water from foggy or humid air

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