Humans
DVD alloys help make computers that think like us
The material that lets us record on DVDs has a far more tantalising property: it can mimic the nerve cells of the brain and the junctions between them
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Self-healing plastic fixed with a laser’s light touch
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Self-folding sheet offers lazy way to origami
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Strung-out plastic performs heat feat
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Nanosculptors banish brittleness in smart alloys
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Innovation: A licence to print gadgets
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Space
Robots could flex muscles that are stronger than steel
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Earth
Diamond no longer nature’s hardest material
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Mother of pearl mimic is toughest ever ceramic
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