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Artificial touch: The new tech making virtual reality more immersive

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Artificial touch: The new tech making virtual reality more immersive

The feelings of touch and temperature are complex biological processes. Now everyday chemicals like menthol and capsaicin are being used to simulate them – and create more realistic VR experiences

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Silkworms make fluorescent silk after eating quantum dots

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Silkworms make fluorescent silk after eating quantum dots

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DNA computer

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DNA computer could tell you if your drinking water is contaminated

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New plastic made from DNA is biodegradable and easy to recycle

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New plastic made from DNA is biodegradable and easy to recycle

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barnacles

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Underwater glue made from silk can cling to surfaces like a barnacle

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What will it take to get a covid-19 vaccine to the world?

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What will it take to get a covid-19 vaccine to the world?

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Apple’s new watch has a blood oxygen monitor – what is it good for?

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Apple’s new watch has a blood oxygen monitor – what is it good for?

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Tiny robots can travel through rushing blood to deliver drugs

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Tiny robots can travel through rushing blood to deliver drugs

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Artificial eye

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Human-like cyborg eye could power itself using sunlight

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Soya protein can help make lab-grown beef with the texture of meat

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Soya protein can help make lab-grown beef with the texture of meat

Lab-grown ‘meat’ often uses gelatin produced in slaughterhouses to give artificial beef a meat-like texture – but substituting soya protein can achieve that without killing animals

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Humans

How to make halloumi and ricotta cheese using ancient biotechnology

Regulars

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3D-printed bunny contains DNA instructions to make a copy of itself

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Health

Wearable artificial kidney works well in first tests in people

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Bionic eye helps people who are blind read letters again

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