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Materials

Diamond Light Source help study optimisation of welding and additive manufacturing

Venus flytrap inspires 3D printed objects with 'embodied logic'

New UK aerospace project set to challenge certification norms

Two-dimensional materials may catalyse performance of promising lithium-air batteries

Project aims to deliver pain-free microneedle contraception

Perovskite photovoltaics fine-tuned with new approach to material design

“Atomic-scale Lego” creates single-atom width capillaries that act like natural protein channels

Cartilage inspires new durable material for structural batteries

Synthetic porous material mimics behaviour of proteins

Last week’s poll: maximising recycling volumes

Inhalable therapy may produce drugs in the lungs

What will be the next breakthroughs in controlled drug release?