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Nanotube-coated spider silk can sense your heartbeat

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Nanotube-coated spider silk can sense your heartbeat

The tough yet flexible material is electrically conductive and can be made in a few simple steps – it might find uses in a range of bendy medical sensors

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Butterfly-wing electronics converts light to heat

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Butterfly-wing electronics converts light to heat

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The future of fabrication is a tough picture to paint

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The future of fabrication is a tough picture to paint

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Gold-diamond duo takes temperature of single cell

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Nano magic: The power of powder to save energy

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Nano magic: The power of powder to save energy

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Delicate nano-flowers coaxed from simple seeds

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Delicate nano-flowers coaxed from simple seeds

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First glimpse of a single molecule dumping heat

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A portrait of neon hedgehogs in a nanosphere garden

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A portrait of neon hedgehogs in a nanosphere garden

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Nano-sized protractor measures molecule movement

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Human brain model and graphene win science's X Factor

Quests to build a supercomputer simulation of the human brain and unlock graphene's potential have each won a potential €1 billion in research funding

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Nanomachine mimics nature's protein factory

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Omniphobia: the stuffs that stick at nothing

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Tiny engine runs on single hydrogen molecules

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Tiny ruler is golden ticket to see diseases in action

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