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Researchers have developed a new way to weld ceramics together at room temperature, using ultrafast laser pulses. -
Swedish bike maker Vélosophy has used hundreds of thousands of used coffee pods to produce a line of stylish urban bikes.
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A new analytical tool suggests distinct microbiome changes caused by spaceflight are most likely caused by microgravity.
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Much of the world's soil is too salty for crops. There's hope, though, as scientists have developed a method of growing plants in "unusable" soil.
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Although it outnumbers regular matter by a ratio of five to one, dark matter is frustratingly elusive, and efforts to hunt down different types of candidate particles have revealed no direct trace. Now, researchers from Max Planck have proposed a new hypothetical particle that might be behind dark matter – the superheavy gravitino – and outlined just how we might find them.
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The Volocopter has been given another makeover, resulting in a rounder, cleaner design the company says is the most powerful Volocopter yet.
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ESA's Rosalind Franklin Mars rover has received its full suite of instruments that it will use to seek out signs of past or present life on the Red Planet.
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A new monitoring device can predict autism outbursts up to a minute in advance, creating a new window of opportunity to prepare ahead of time.
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Wood tar used by Neanderthals as a glue to construct tools didn't require as complex a process as once thought.
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Food scientists from Cornell University have crafted a new spread they say mimics butter, with only about a quarter of the calories and fat.
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New research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has shown nicotine-free e-cigarette vapor can have an immediate harmful effect on the body's vascular function.
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There's a neat little category opening up between e-bikes and electric motorcycles, and Cake's new Kalk& is a perfect example.
