Physics
Nanocrystal night-vision specs will let you see in infrared
Ultra-thin nanocrystal films convert infrared into visible light – and could be incorporated into standard glasses
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The fragile state of scientific glassblowing
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Technology
Old toys will self-destruct thanks to vanishing plastic
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Environment
Plants ‘see’ underground by channelling light to their roots
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Humans
Fruity or fermented? Algorithm predicts how molecules smell
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Life
Life’s subatomic secret: How we’re cracking the Hoyle state
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Fabric care: the secret revolution
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Physics
Chemistry Nobel Prize goes to invention of molecular machines
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Earth
Mars-like ice rediscovered in Hawaii volcano, but might not last
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Health
There is now a sixth taste – and it explains why we love carbs
Sweet, salty, bitter, sour, umami – and “starchy”? It seems we can sense bread-like flavours associated with complex carbohydrates as a taste in their own right
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Physics
Supersized molecules stretch a thousand times further than usual
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Life
Life may have emerged not once, but many times on Earth
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Health
Speedy cannabis spit test could spot people driving while high
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Earth
Genesis in a jar: How chemical gardens may lead us to alien life
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