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On your marks, Headset, Go! (Issue 31 Preview)
Emily Oliver explores how virtual reality and augmented reality could be ever more present in our lives in the future and how the technology has developed over the past 50 years.
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Breaking the symmetry (Issue 31 Preview)
No recipe currently exists for uncovering the fundamental laws of physics, but advances in a recently revitalised sub-field of machine learning may provide a glimpse into the future of scientific discovery, one in which physicists interpret rather than discover physical laws. Mika Kontiainen investigates.
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Hacking the fungal mainframe (Issue 31 Preview)
Azia Bolger explains how a wide variety of areas from “sensing skins” to construction can benefit from the incredible properties of fungi.
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When chemistry “clicks” with nature
In light of the recent Nobel prize award in chemistry, Kevin Boyle discusses an advance that could potentially change how chemistry is carried out in the future with far reaching applications. On the 5th October 2022, the revolutionary concept of click chemistry was thrown into the limelight. The 2022 Nobel prize for chemistry was shared…
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Another cup of coffee, please!
Sophie Hoetzel reassures coffee drinkers that they should worry not, as she dives into the evidence in support of the health benefits associated with coffee consumption.
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From scientist to CEO
— sponsored article — Ishani Malhotra reveals the secrets behind setting up her own company, Carcinotech, while also completing her Masters research in Regenerative Medicine. Designing new cancer drugs requires accurate ways to test them. Tumours can be unique to each individual patient and are made up of lots of different cell types beyond the…
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Space Junk – a serious threat to our space missions
In 2009, a Russian and an American satellite in orbit collided with each other creating lots of debris in the process. In recent years, space junk has increased significantly, endangering future space missions. Space junk or space debris is defined as machinery or debris left by humans in space. These could range from dead satellites…
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Now is the time to see Northern Lights
Solar scientists now predict that, due to an 11 year solar cycle, we could be witnessing some of the brightest display of lights till 2025.
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Lasers shed light on lost cities of the Amazon
New LiDAR data has revealed a constellation of 26 interconnected towns that disappeared mysteriously 600 years ago.
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Genetic screening will empower families
If you could know, from the day you were born, your risk of developing certain diseases, would you want to?