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Rare-earth material lights up with a message when stretched

Physics

Rare-earth material lights up with a message when stretched

By simply stretching this material or placing it under a UV light, you can reveal glowing hidden messages that could protect currency from counterfeiting

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A wounded soldier

Technology

US Army has made a plastic bandage that swells to patch wounds

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Stealth sheets can make you appear invisible to infrared cameras

Physics

Stealth sheets can make you appear invisible to infrared cameras

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model in faux fur

Life

Vegan-friendly fashion is actually bad for the environment

Insight

Morphing magnetic shapes

Technology

Watch a 3D-printed magnetic critter fold and move all by itself

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Bent bird feathers repair themselves when soaked in water

Physics

Bent bird feathers repair themselves when soaked in water

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Grape skins and stems can be turned into a greener plastic

Physics

Grape skins and stems can be turned into a greener plastic

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roaming free

Physics

Upend atom! We've found a whole new way of doing chemistry

Features

Alan Turing inspired a faster way to make seawater drinkable

Physics

Alan Turing inspired a faster way to make seawater drinkable

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Laser-sticker contacts could let you shoot beams from your eyes

Physics

Laser-sticker contacts could let you shoot beams from your eyes

Flexible lasers you can stick to anything can embed a security tag onto banknotes or contact lenses, and emit lasers when light shines on them

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Space

Toughest ever heat shields made of springy sponge-like stuff

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Physics

Superlight aerogel made by mimicking a baby dragonfly’s wings

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Physics

Poking tiny dents into solar panels makes them work better

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Physics

Super-tough diamonds have been made bendy and springy

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