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Imperial develops fluorescent artificial cell

July 31, 2019
Imperial College London has created an artificial cell that fluoresces when it detects chemical changes in the surrounding environment.

Quantum microphone measures phonons

July 30, 2019
A quantum microphone that measures individual sound particles has the potential to create more compact quantum computers that manipulate sound instead of light.

Eye-controlled contact lenses

July 29, 2019
Biomechanical engineers have created a robotic lens that allows the wearer to focus on an image through eye movements, such as a double blink.

Simple glass acts like AI

July 10, 2019
A non-electrical, low cost piece of glass replicates a machine’s neural network in order to recognise handwritten digits.

Measurement science centre opens in London

July 5, 2019
The Community for Analytical Measurement Science, a membership network for training and innovation in measurement science, has opened in London.

Physicists edge closer to superconductivity at room temperature

May 24, 2019
An international research team has claimed to have raised the temperature at which superconductivity occurs, to around 23°C. The achievement, observed in lanthanum superhydrides under high pressure by scientists at...

China’s graphene dominance set to subside

May 23, 2019
China's leading position in the graphene market may slip, according to a report from IDTechEx Research, as the material’s affordability increases worldwide. According to the IDTechEx Research’s report, Graphene, 2D...

Sand ‘bubbles’ flow like liquid

May 3, 2019
Gravitational instabilities in granular particles of different densities could help us understand how structures such as mudslides and volcanoes formed. A Columbia University team layered two types of sand horizontally,...

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