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Antibiotic Resistance: a bigger threat than cancer by 2050

A British study shows that by 2050, antibiotic resistance could become even more deadly than cancer.

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Living by the light in a glasshouse

What would it be like to live in a glass house where you and your body are aware of every minute of daylight?

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BMW in tech alliance with Intel and Mobileye for self-driving cars

BMW is teaming up with Intel and Mobileye aiming to put self-driving cars on the road by 2021.

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Is this 2,000-year-old tool the world's oldest computer?

For over a century since it was found in an ancient shipwreck, scientists have been scratching their heads over the exact function of the Antikythera mechanism, named after the Greek island off which

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Helium microscope: Seeing the unseen

Australian researchers say they have created a microscope that will allow scientists to examine human, plant and animal samples closer than ever before.

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Monitoring sea pollution

In this edition of Futuris, we look at how can we better detect marine pollution.

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Dealing with danger: busy geniuses and watchful robots

In this edition of Futuris, we look at wasps, hawks and donkeys – not animals but special robots which can help save people in danger in the Alps.

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Takeaway: watchful robots

Obedient wasps, somehow stubborn donkeys, watchfull hawks, surrounded by Alpine peaks… In fact, they are robots developed in the framework of the

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Big farmer is watching! Surveillance technology monitors animal wellbeing

Humans have long been under CCTV surveillance, but now chickens and pigs are being watched too – by big farmer technology!

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Takeaway: hi-tech smart farms

Watch out, chickens! Big farmer is watching you! But it is for a good cause – to increase your wellbeing. Researchers have set up cameras, sensors

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Imagining the worst for Europe's riskiest assets

Europe has a wealth of sensitive high-value facilities that could spell disaster if they failed in, say, an earthquake or flood. And what if both happened simultaneously? And vital equipment malfuncti

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Takeaway: facing extreme risks

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Improving our understanding of our seas

We understand some parts of our own oceans less than we know outer space, but as they are so critical to our survival we need to know more, fast.

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Takeaway: how to take sea water samples

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Replacing oil in plastics production with organic waste

Oil is vital for far more than just energy; it is at the heart of the plastics family, but as waste it is highly polluting. Now Spanish scientists are creating a new generation of organic plastics tha

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Takeaway: eco-friendly plastics

France

New research says Zika "could spark" Guillain-Barré syndrome

A new study by a French scientists suggests the Zika virus might cause a debilitating neurological disorder called Guillain-Barré syndrome. It comes

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From peelings to pork - animal feed reimagined

In this week’s Futuris we look at an ambitious research project appears to have set out to prove the old adage that ‘you are what you eat’ by

29 February 2016

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Takeaway: from peelings to pork

29 February 2016

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The search for a high flying clean energy generator

Winds are stronger and more reliable high in the sky. If only we could use that source of alternative energy! In this story, we're joining an international team of scientists testing a flying energy g

22 February 2016