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1. Printed artificial neurons that mimic brain cells could slash AI energy billsComputing6 Jun 2026
2. Moisture sensing leaf tattoos turn plants into computing devices and fire monitorsComputing7 May 2026
3. Researchers use 4D Printing to turn Sulfur into self moving soft robotsRobotics28 Mar 2026
4. Researchers Replace Copper Cabling in Data Centers with Radio WavesComputing6 Jan 2026
5. Sci-fi adaptive camouflage gets an upgrade with synthetic Octopus skinIndustry and manufacturing9 Dec 2025
6. These 3D printed electronics dissolve in water for faster recyclingIndustry and manufacturing4 Sep 2025
7. This new Brain Computer Interface fits between the hairs on your headBiotech and enhanced humans13 Jun 2025
8. A DNA computer conquers Soduku and stores data for milleniaComputing3 Nov 2024
9. New Chinese gene modified brain machine interface smashes expectationsBiotech and enhanced humans13 Oct 2024
10. AI gets busy helping researchers create the first synthetic blood plasmaBiotech and enhanced humans31 Dec 2023
11. The worlds first slime robot can go places that no other robot can travelRobotics21 Dec 2023
12. Chinese stealth submarines now sound like just water thanks to this new materialIndustry and manufacturing21 Dec 2023
13. Scientists are trying to find better chemicals to recycle our clothesEarth and energy17 Nov 2023
14. These new organic batteries are trying to dethrone LiON batteriesEarth and energy17 Oct 2023
15. Lunar dust could be melted to make roads and launchpads on the MoonSpace8 Oct 2023
16. These bacteria eat plastic waste and turn it into useful productsIndustry and manufacturing18 Sep 2023
17. A revolutionary new nanoparticle treatment reverses MS in a third of miceBiotech and enhanced humans6 Jun 2023
18. Smart bandages could one day monitor and medicate chronic injuriesBiotech and enhanced humans20 Apr 2023
19. Seabricks new floating bricks are designed to give future ocean cities great foundationsIndustry and manufacturing3 Mar 2023
20. Wilson debuts an airless 3D printed NBA basketballIndustry and manufacturing27 Feb 2023
21. Some engineers just made themselves some unnatural human cyborg cellsBiotech and enhanced humans3 Feb 2023
22. Researchers used a quantum computer to invent a new cooling materialEarth and energy16 Jan 2023
23. A US startup says 3D printing solid state batteries could double their capacityEarth and energy11 Nov 2022
24. Researchers have invented a new kind of material that thinks for itselfIndustry and manufacturing24 Aug 2022
25. This pyramid shaped lens eliminates the need for solar panels to track the SunEarth and energy17 Jul 2022
26. These new plastic batteries could make low cost grid scale storage possibleEarth and energy24 May 2022
27. An AI just invented a new enzyme that breaks down plastics in weeksIndustry and manufacturing22 May 2022
28. A new DNA tool is speeding up vaccine development by a million foldBiotech and enhanced humans22 Apr 2022
29. A new DARPA project is experimenting with living factories in spaceIndustry and manufacturing25 Mar 2022
30. Sensors that detect Covid-19 in the air get major US military fundingBiotech and enhanced humans11 Jan 2022
31. A new biocompatible AI takes healthcare monitoring to the next levelAI and intelligence26 Oct 2021
32. Researchers have flown the world’s smallest flying computersComputing11 Oct 2021
33. Scientists used CRISPR to create a superbug resistant to all viruses on Earth, againBiotech and enhanced humans27 Aug 2021
34. Energy free aerogels help scientists turn air into clean waterIndustry and manufacturing26 Aug 2021
35. MIT’s newest material contains sensors and a neural networkComputing13 Aug 2021
36. Gravity energy storage finds a new way to solve renewable energy’s achilles heelEarth and energy28 Jul 2021
37. Researchers innovative nanomaterial opens the door for bulletproof shirtsIndustry and manufacturing13 Jul 2021
38. This new shape shifting material responds to lightIndustry and manufacturing22 Mar 2021
39. Transparent wood makes a splash in the car worldIndustry and manufacturing20 Mar 2021
40. Edible electronics tattooed onto your food could track both your food and your healthIndustry and manufacturing3 Dec 2020
41. Researchers develop microstructures that can self-assemble into new materialsIndustry and manufacturing17 Oct 2020
42. Battery breakthrough lets robots store energy like humans do in fat reservesEarth and energy11 Sep 2020
43. Battery bricks turn your entire building into a giant batteryEarth and energy20 Aug 2020
44. Researchers’ brainwave reading temporary tattoo reads your mind and your moodsConnected society25 May 2020
45. Researchers hail 3D printed supercharged “bionic coral” breakthroughIndustry and manufacturing26 Apr 2020
46. 3D printing breakthrough lets users print multi-material objects with embedded electronicsIndustry and manufacturing30 Dec 2019
47. A new VR synthetic skin brings feelings to gaming and prostheticsVirtual worlds7 Dec 2019
48. Scientists developed a catalytic reactor that turns greenhouse gases into clean fuelEarth and energy3 Dec 2019
49. Researchers create a bone like metal foam that heals at room temperatureIndustry and manufacturing4 Nov 2019
50. Scientists develop the world’s first infinitely recyclable plasticIndustry and manufacturing25 Oct 2019
51. Watch the world’s largest 3D printer print a 25 foot boatIndustry and manufacturing17 Oct 2019
52. Researchers use AI to create a “Self-driving lab” to solve climate changeAI and intelligence24 Aug 2019
53. IBM unveil their artificial tongue to improve food safetyAI and intelligence28 Jul 2019
54. Artificial Photosynthesis breakthrough turns Carbon Dioxide into plasticIndustry and manufacturing27 Jun 2019
55. Scientists have created a living material that has the three signs of lifeIndustry and manufacturing20 Jun 2019
56. New self-healing material rebuilds itself using carbon from the airIndustry and manufacturing8 Jun 2019
57. NASA’s revolutionary metamaterial “morphing” wing mimics birds wingsTransport and mobility9 Apr 2019
58. MIT discover a way to mass produce cell sized robotsRobotics24 Jan 2019
59. RNA breakthrough makes it possible to cure Cystic Fibrosis with an inhalerBiotech and enhanced humans13 Jan 2019
60. US researchers get $1.7m grant to create wonder bio-material that lasts 500 million yearsIndustry and manufacturing30 Dec 2018
61. Scientists 3D print Lithium Ion batteries for the first timeEarth and energy17 Dec 2018
62. Drexel’s new spray on antennas can connect everything to the internetIndustry and manufacturing19 Oct 2018
63. This nano-membrane turns your skin into a loudspeakerIndustry and manufacturing9 Oct 2018
64. Scientists produce smart windows that generate their own electricityEarth and energy1 Sep 2018
65. Scientists have 3D printed the world’s first physical neural networkAI and intelligence11 Aug 2018
66. New omniphobic material reduces maritime fuel consumption by upto 80 percentIndustry and manufacturing25 Jun 2018
67. US spy agencies prepare to build DNA computers and molecular storage systemsComputing24 Jun 2018
68. It’s raining cash, US startup edges closer to creating solid state “Jesus” batteryEarth and energy22 Jun 2018
69. Stab these soft robots and they’ll self-heal instantlyIndustry and manufacturing2 Jun 2018
70. New polymer tears up anti-biotic resistant bacteria from the inside outBiotech and enhanced humans13 Apr 2018
71. Chinese scientists unveil a new material that heals itself like human skinIndustry and manufacturing28 Feb 2018
72. Washing machines get a whole lot greener thanks to new Xeros polymer bead systemEarth and energy19 Jan 2018
73. New breakthrough polymer could charge electric cars in secondsIndustry and manufacturing14 Jan 2017
74. New spray on polymer makes watermelons, and the Pentagon, indestructibleIndustry and manufacturing9 Dec 2016