Inspiring stories about future and emerging technologies

Nanotech & Materials

Microscopic antennas to peer into nano-sized worlds

Affordable and highly sensitive infrared detectors could revolutionise molecular sensing

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Bio-engineeringBatteriesSpectroscopy

Latest stories in Artificial intelligence & IT

Computing with super-human powers

Robots in search of lost time

Giving robots a sense of time can help them integrate into human activities and societies

Science-based civic projects

Game theory will help predict social conflicts

Meet the skyrmions: exotic quasiparticles could revolutionise computing

Harnessing the power of swarms

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Latest stories in Biotech & Health

Shedding new light on human well-being

Repairing the brain

European scientists are studying a new generation of neuro-prostheses. The target patients are people with motor disabilities due to brain injuries, such as stroke

The drug, the test and the chip

Do you speak DNA?

FET People: Michela Chiappalone & Stefano Buccelli

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Latest stories in Culture & Society

A fresh look at how we live our lives

FET People: Matteo Mascagni

"FET is like a smart child"

Our lives and FET

High-risk research returns

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Latest stories in Energy & Environment

Revolutionary ideas to protect the planet

Creating longer lasting batteries by using Jenga

Will a different crystal structure prolong the lifespan of batteries?

FET People: Martina Szopek and Vaios Papaspyros on the use of AI to protect species

Robotic spies among bees

All you need is batteries

FET People: Raquel Garde

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Latest stories in Nanotech & Materials

Tiny thinking with huge potential

Lizard skins and bark bugs inspire energy saving materials

Imitating nature’s engineering secrets at the nanoscale could lead to a host of useful applications

Trapping light using Tetris-like clusters of crystals

Thinking like Peter Parker

Metamaterials lead the way to treatments by travelling through ‘innerspace’

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