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Detaching the bioadhesive ultrasound device from the skin

Technology

Ultrasound stickers could continuously image internal organs for days

A patch the size of a postage stamp can continuously deliver ultrasound imaging for 48 hours, and it has been used to see changes in the lungs, heart and stomach of people exercising and drinking

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A 3D magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the brain of a 65-year-old after a stroke. The orange coloring represents an area of dead tissue

Health

Stroke drug improves memory and repairs injured brain tissue in mice

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Optical fibres

Technology

Fibre-optic cables could be used to spy on people a kilometre away

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A mission to grab a dead satellite

Space

UK wants to send a spacecraft to grab two dead satellites from space

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Alan Turing

People in Science

Alan Turing

A chip from Google's Sycamore quantum computer

Technology

Quantum computers proved to have ‘quantum advantage’ on some tasks

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The rise of computer-generated, artificially intelligent influencers

Society

The rise of computer-generated, artificially intelligent influencers

Features

Serah Reikka: What's it like to be a virtual influencer?

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Serah Reikka: What's it like to be a virtual influencer?

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Phone low on charge

Technology

Batteries built with bumpy components work better in the freezing cold

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A cockroach robot

Technology

Watch this cockroach robot squirm through a tricky obstacle course

The Omni-Roach robot moves like a cockroach to scale bumps, dodge pillars and wobble through bendy bars, and may become a Mars explorer in the future

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Environment

Do we need nuclear power in the energy mix to stop climate change?

Features

Technology

Invisible 3D printed tags turn simple objects into gaming controllers

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Environment

Inside big tech's $925 million plan to speed up carbon removal

Analysis

Video

British Library robots look after old newspapers with new tech

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