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Modular robot’s wriggles show greater flexibility
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Tangled nanowires morph water droplets
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Microscopic chain-mail could link wearable gadgets
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Extendable fender could keep smart cars safe
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Leg spines make robots better scramblers
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Organic electronics have power-hunger slashed
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Haptic glove to touch on virtual fabrics
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Remote-controlled copter to rescue Everest climbers
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Walkers take artificial ankle in their stride
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Atoms function as light-trappers and transporters
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Diamond loses its stiffness crown to new material
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‘Superlens’ has its reach extended
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