Robotics and self-assembly shape up
Recent developments based on novel morphologies and geometries highlight the progress to be made by understanding the balance of freedom and control
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Biopsy needle makes brain surgery safer
Innovative device comprises an optical coherence tomography camera and could help reduce the risk of fatal haemorrhaging during neurosurgery
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Collaborative vision takes photonics into the future
Hugo Thienpont talks to Anna Demming about the importance of collaboration for the continued success of the photonics sector
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Bioinspired e-skin could help domestic robots sense touch
New sensor mimics the dermis-epidermis interface in human skin and can measure the direction of applied pressure in real time
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Combustion-free propeller-free aeroplane takes flight
Five metre wingspan Star Trek-inspired prototype demonstrates the feasibility of electroaerodynamics to fly solid-state aeroplanes
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Controlling magnetism using a proton pump
New “magneto-ionic” technique could help advance spintronics technologies for the post CMOS-world
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Magnetic nanobots could treat retinal disease
Propeller-shaped devices can easily swim through the dense, vitreous tissue of the eye
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Perovskite devices break new records
Solar cells and LEDs show best performance ever for materials in their class
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3D printed origami makes expandable load-bearing structures
Paper-folding principles enable the construction of materials for engineering structures from a single polymer
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Fibre-spinning robot swarms build architecture from scratch
Researchers combine multiple robots operating in parallel for fast and efficient construction of fibre-reinforced composite structures
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