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Life
It takes a certain special feeling to click with robots
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Silicon ‘Lego bricks’ used to build 3D chips
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Desktop fabricator may kick-start home revolution
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Emotion-aware teaching software tracks student attention
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Physics
New molecules are most light-sensitive ever
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Vibrating vest could send alerts to soldiers
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