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Transistor stretchier than skin for ultra-flexible wearable tech

A flexible transistor can stretch to twice its length without losing its conductive properties and could be used in electronic tattoo-style wearable sensors

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Health

Simple blood test can detect genetic diseases early in pregnancy

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Is historic Soviet radiation health data too hot to handle?

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Exclusive: First visit to Russia's secret nuclear disaster site

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Quantum photocells, which look like an arrangement of grey squares on a darker background

Life

Quantum solar cells could explain why plants are green

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Breakthrough Prize hands out $25 million for 'Oscars' of science

Life

Breakthrough Prize hands out $25 million for 'Oscars' of science

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Inside of fusion reactor JET, showing a purple plasma on the right

Technology

Brexit puts Europe's nuclear fusion future in doubt

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Energy-efficient engine turns waste hot water into electricity

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Energy-efficient engine turns waste hot water into electricity

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Health

Old Scientist: Happily upholding ideals since issue number 1

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The world in 2076: Artificial starlight has made energy free

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The world in 2076: Artificial starlight has made energy free

Even if we finally achieve the dream of controlled nuclear fusion on Earth, it will carry an environmental cost

Features

Earth

The world in 2076: That nuclear war was a bit of a bummer

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Technology

‘I’m more confident’: Paralysed woman’s life after brain implant

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Technology

First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman communicate

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President Trump’s defence deals may spark a nuclear arms race

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