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Sections of a timber wind turbine tower under construction

Environment

Should we build wind turbines from wood?

Most wind turbines are made from a mix of materials, making them hard to recycle – but wood could offer a more sustainable alternative

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An image of microscopic disks that were transferred onto various grains of pollen.

Physics

Candy-like mixture can print patterns on microscopic objects

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Rays of light

Technology

Glass device can tell objects apart without needing a computer

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Compostable plastic that has not fully disintegrated in a compost bin

Environment

Most ‘home compostable’ plastic doesn’t break down in garden bins

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Electron microscope image of the new aluminium alloy

Chemistry

Aluminium alloy could boost spacecraft radiation shielding 100-fold

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A silkworm weaving chrysalis with its silk

Technology

Metal-enriched silkworm silk is one of the strongest materials ever

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Tiny chip can quickly identify hundreds of thousands of DNA sequences

Health

Tiny chip can quickly identify hundreds of thousands of DNA sequences

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A piece of material is pulled and changes colour

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Material that changes colour as it stretches could be used in bandages

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Image printed on a flexible material

Technology

Stretchy material could make bandages change colour when getting loose

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Wood for recycling

Technology

Waste wood chemically recycled to produce material stronger than steel

A treatment process can turn old pieces of wood into a new super-strong material called "healed wood"

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Life

Bloodworms have copper jaws that could inspire self-building materials

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Technology

Silkworms make fluorescent silk after eating quantum dots

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Super strong metamaterial inspired by kirigami, a variation of origami

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Technology

Light yet strong metamaterial inspired by art of paper cutting

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