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Vapour smoothing adds finishing touch to 3D printed parts

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(Credit: MIAO XU, HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY)

Adaptive liquid lens focuses on electrically responsive fluid

CO2 conversion process offers new route to CCS

Tuneable materials encourage bone growth

Pressing ahead with sustainable composites

Virtuous circle: igus gives energy chains a new lease of life

Waste glass improves insulating properties of concrete

Project aims for acoustic metamaterials in personal audio

Loughborough team optimises topology to promote bone growth

The fabricated smart windows are shown in both states, showing that the transmitted visible light changes very little (Image: Youngblood Photonics Lab)

Film-coating gives windows temperature control

Image credit: istockphoto

Robotic platform speeds up directed evolution