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27 June 2013

A new coating technique that makes bone bond tightly to an artificial joint has been developed by US scientists...

26 June 2013

The virtual currency 'bitcoin' has long been used by gamers to buy extra features online. Now you can spend...

20 June 2013

This week Google has tested a new balloon network that could being internet to remote locations...

20 June 2013

A self-powering retinal implant that can turn light into sight has been successfully tested in rats.

13 June 2013

A team in Singapore have developed an invisibility cloak that can hide goldfish and cats...

30 May 2013

Scientists have engineered a viral vector that can convert cells lining the airways into producers of flu-fighting...

30 May 2013

Optics develop to send 400Gbits per second down an optical fibre 12800km long and could reduce the price and increase...

30 May 2013

Can we watch chemical reactions taking place with new atomic force microscope technology?

30 May 2013

Just one return trip to Mars would eat up about two-thirds of an astronaut's lifetime "safe" dose of...

30 May 2013

QuickFire Science on the 60th anniversary of the first complete ascent of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tensing...

23 May 2013

Scientists have used 3D printing techniques to construct a new trachea to successfully treat a child born with airway...

09 May 2013

A “cloaking device”, capable of rendering objects invisible to microwave light, has been produced using a 3-D printer.

09 May 2013

This week the world's first gun made entirely from a 3D printer was successfully fired. Here's the...

09 May 2013

Scientists in China have developed a sensor that can reveal when food might be bad to eat because it’s been poorly...

02 May 2013

IBM have created the world's smallest movie using atoms - here's how they did it!

18 April 2013

Strange motion of water molecules mixed with nanotubes and carbon isotopes. What could the applications of this new...

11 April 2013

Scientists have developed a new laser-based imaging technique capable of producing high resolution 3-D images of...

04 April 2013

German scientists have designed a high-efficiency, low-cost lithium-sulphur battery...

04 April 2013

X-ray crystallography can now be carried out without crystals...

21 March 2013

In the 7 months since it landed the Curiosity rover has rolled 738 meters but one small step for a rover has been a...

20 March 2013

Engineers have come up with a way to deliver 3D images on mobiles, televisions and tablet computer screens without the...

14 March 2013

Physicists from the Russian Academy of Sciences claim to have made the first detection of water dimers in realistic...

07 March 2013

Researchers are now tracking online searches to find evidence for possible side effects to prescription drugs..