Astrobiologists Find Ancient Fossils in Fireball Fragments
Algae-like structures inside a Sri Lankan meteorite are clear evidence of panspermia, the idea that life exists throughout the universe, say astrobiologists.
Materials
4-D Printing Looks Cool, but What's the Point
An impressive video shows a strand of material that folds itself into prescribed shape underwater. The inventor explains how the underlying idea could be useful.
Are We Really on the Verge of a Napster-fication of Physical Objects?
3-D printing technology is evolving quickly, but not that quickly.
A 3-D Printing Pen Wows Kickstarter
The very affordable pen could open new vistas for 3-D creation.
Graphene And The EmergingTechnology of Neural Prostheses
Neural implants are set to be revolutionised by a new type of graphene transistor with a liquid gate, say bio-engineers
The Rise (or Fall?) of the Tactus Keyboard
How good an idea is a “now you feel it, now you don’t” keyboard?
World's First Digital Laser Designed and Built in Africa
African physicists build the first laser with a beam that can be controlled and shaped digitally.
First Toy Multiverse Created in a Laboratory, Say Physicists
Researchers exploit the strange properties of a liquid metamaterial to watch Minkowski spacetimes leap in out and of existence
With Graphene, a Smart Snap Bracelet?
A billion euros’ worth of continental love for the up-and-coming “wonder material.”
