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An easier way to turn plant scraps to plastics

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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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Colour-changing metal to yield thin, flexible displays

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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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Flower-like liquid crystal lens grows like a pearl

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<i>Terminator 2</i>-style liquid metal can now be 3D printed

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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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Carnivorous plant inspires super-slippery material

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Carnivorous plant inspires super-slippery material

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DVD alloys help make computers that think like us

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DVD alloys help make computers that think like us

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Self-healing plastic fixed with a laser's light touch

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Self-folding sheet offers lazy way to origami

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Technology

Strung-out plastic performs heat feat

Nanoscale polyethylene fibres conduct heat better than pure iron – good news for circuit board designers

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Nanosculptors banish brittleness in smart alloys

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Technology

Innovation: A licence to print gadgets

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Space

Robots could flex muscles that are stronger than steel

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Earth

Diamond no longer nature's hardest material

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