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Cool your brain, save your mind
FEATURE: 18:00 07 January 2009 | 4 comments
Techniques that rapidly chill the brain could prevent damage and even aid resuscitation after a heart attack
Quantum lubricant could keep nanomachines rolling
18:00 07 January 2009
Scientists have managed to measure a quantum buoyancy effect that could one day be harnessed to stop tiny devices gumming up
World's smallest fuel cell promises greener gadgets
11:42 07 January 2009 | 8 comments
Portable devices could be hydrogen powered if fuel cell technology could be made smaller – a design 3 mm across might do the trick
We have the technology to rebuild ourselves
FEATURE: 11:28 07 January 2009 | 11 comments
With better, stronger and faster components, the bionic age has finally arrived, says Julian Smith
Nanobot lets DNA legs do the walking
FEATURE: 10:48 06 January 2009 | 5 comments
A two-legged molecular machine that is designed to walk unaided along a single strand of DNA could soon carry cargo and may one day deliver drugs inside cells
Invention: Exoskeleton power steering
13:18 05 January 2009 | 9 comments
Borrowing a trick used to steer cars without effort could make robotic exoskeletons more reliable and easier to use, a patent application claims
Desktop atom smashers could replace LHC
FEATURE: 10:50 05 January 2009 | 18 comments
The next generation of particle smashers might be considerably smaller than the Large Hadron Collider – and made almost literally out of thin air
Implants for babies could help deaf learn to speak
IN BRIEF: 11:00 04 January 2009 | 11 comments
Brain activity that is "scrambled" in deaf cats develops normally if they are fitted with a cochlear implant shortly after birth, say researchers
US investigation into gravity weapons 'nonsense'
Physicists are surprised to find that military intelligence investigated whether elusive gravitational waves could threaten US security
One Laptop Per Child ready for version 2.0
The founder of the ambitious project tells Paul Marks how its cheap, robust laptop is spreading rapidly across globe's poorest areas
FROM THE BLOG
Could your social networks spill your secrets?
17:16 07 January 2009
In an article at the end of last year we looked at some of the ways data-mining techniques are being used by marketeers and security services to extract sometimes private information by assembling huge amounts of data from web visits,...
Space elevators needed for space solar power?
19:49 05 January 2009
Could space elevators one day be used to save the planet?
Artificial butterfly flaps like a pro
16:12 05 January 2009
Flying insects continue to inspire roboticists. Early in 2008, US researchers added an artificial control system to the brain of moths, effectively creating remote controlled cyborg insects. Meanwhile, others are busy creating winged robots that flap around like real insects.A...
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Fat fingers no problem for 'transparent' touchscreen
Even the tiniest gadgets are easy to use if they have a touch interface on the back
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Rolling robot can hop
A new design allows a spherical robot to either jump or roll over obstacles
