Bottling sunlight as hydrogen fuel
Scientists have converted solar energy into hydrogen with unrivalled efficiency using cheap, abundant materials, eliminating the need for rare metals.…
NEUWalk project one step closer to helping people walk again
Scientists have discovered how to control the limbs of a completely paralysed rat in real time to help it walk…
Virus proteins on space odyssey
On 20 September, scientists will send proteins of the hepatitis C virus to the International Space Station to produce crystals…
The Swiss reinvent the watch
For the first time in 200 years, the heart of the mechanical watch has been reinvented. Swiss researchers have developed…
Clean water for African slum
What student wouldn’t want to work on a graduation project that helps thousands of slum residents to clean drinking water?…
Low-energy optical switch to speed up communication networks
Scientists have created a first building block for an optical switch that consumes record-low energy – a big step forward…
Brain-to-brain communication – 7,800 kilometres apart
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated the viability of direct, internet-mediated communication between the minds of two people.
Fine-tuning microparticles for precise drug delivery
A newly marketed invention enables pharmaceutical companies to encapsulate medicines with very high precision. The resulting microparticles all have exactly…
Night vision technology rebooted
A new type of graphene-based light detector could transform night vision technology, leading to inexpensive infrared cameras or night vision…
Artificial virus could help deliver new generation of medicines
A new method to create artificial viruses could help solve the challenge of delivering new generations of drugs into diseased…
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