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Electronics

Embedded sensors aim to curtail fatigue-related accidents

Chip sensitivity heightens detection of explosives

Stretched carbyne provides mechanical activation

Optical fibres from thin air

Metal substitution could improve thin films

Plasmon detector finds minute traces of chemical explosives

Virtual Finger takes scientists through 3D landscapes

New holograms provide a sense of depth

July 1878: The invention of the microphone

Reconfiguring robots learn to look after themselves

The week ahead: Training, entrepreneurs and submariners

Security scanner wins MacRobert Award