Materials
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The ability to 3D print materials onto people that read their minds as well as other things will revolutionise everything…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The ability to see what’s happening at smaller and smaller scales opens up the door to new materials, new drugs,…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hypersonic technology is a battleground with countries competing against one another, and China is out performing everyone. Love the…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Quantum materials are very good at sensing and this could improve all kinds of healthcare imaging systems. Love the…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The ability to physically simulate gravity has lots of civilian and military benefits, and China’s new facility is the world’s…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The creation of new elements is a huge deal and is something that hasn’t been done in decades, it would…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF China is increasingly sanctioning the export of rare earth metals which are used in everything from computer chips to batteries,…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Lab grown cotton means you can grow cotton anywhere – so no supply chains, no exploited labour, no ethical problems,…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As Elon Musk and buddies eye Mars as the next human colony at some point it will need its own…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Increasingly we are creating solar panels that are insanely efficient at generating electricity from all types of light, from sunlight…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Trying to decarbonise the world’s industrial sectors is hard because they require very high temperatures to create their products such…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are occasions where tracking someone’s motions is useful, such as in rehab, sports, or the elderly so you can…
