futuris Lasers to imitate lizards! How reptiles and bugs are boosting innovation "Futuris" has been finding out how researchers are managing to reproduce the exceptional properties of the skin of certain animals 21/05/2018
United Kingdom Smart bandages will use 5G data to monitor wounds Swansea University is trialling a new bandage that can pick up blood clotting or spot infections and send the information back to the patient’s doctor… 17/04/2017
hi-tech Scientists in Spain make giant leap in accuracy with industrial robots The world’s purportedly biggest robot has been constructed in a research centre near Zaragoza, Spain. Engineers have used lasers to make a 21/07/2016
science Andrea Ferrari: the graphene guru Andrea Ferrari is one of the world’s best known experts in one of the world’s most exciting new materials: graphene. Yet he is also a cautious 28/04/2015
India India carries out its first double hand transplant Doctors in India have successfully carried out the country’s first double hand transplant. The 30-year-old patient received the hands of a 02/02/2015
hi-tech NanoKnife: cutting-edge cancer treatment on trial Some cancerous tumours are too difficult or too dangerous to access using traditional surgery without damaging other major organs or blood vessels 29/09/2014
world news Mini Mona Lisa on world's smallest canvas Leonardo da Vinci’s enigmatic Mona Lisa is one of Europe’s best-known paintings. Now it is perhaps one of its smallest. Researchers at the 08/08/2013
interview 'We need to reestablish tax fairness' says French minister France has recently come under pressure to change the way it treats businesses – cut red-tape, reduce corporation tax and generally become more 04/06/2013
