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Materials

Carbon nanotube-based fibres could rival copper in antennas

Temperature-regulated nanoparticles could fight cancer

Sensor network to turn additive bridge into ‘living laboratory’

Flexible sensor skin gives robots a sense of dexterity

MasterChef inspires Highways England funded self-healing road project

Armour-plated protection through the ages: five innovations from The Engineer archive

Chromatography techniques yield rare earth elements from coal ash

Liquid metal morphing makes shapes for robotics

ETH Zurich team builds ultra-thin curved concrete roof

Flat hybrid molecules offer hope for large-scale energy storage

Octopus skin inspires 3D camouflage material

Chandrakant Patel

Interview: Chandrakant Patel, chief engineer for HP Inc