Dr Ben Miles

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Researchers from EPFL built a robotic hand equipped with six symmetrical, silicone-tipped fingers. These can detach to navigate like a spider, facilitating work in tight spaces. The tool surpasses human hand performance and handles loads of up to 2 k...

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Olympic Ski Jumpers Face Allegations Over Performance Enhancements

Reports suggest elite ski jumpers at the 2026 Winter Games used hyaluronic acid injections to enlarge their crotches, hoping to improve suit aerodynamics under current rules. However...

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Does the Donut Lab solid-state battery hold up to the hype?

At CES, Donut Labs introduced new solid-state batteries promising enhanced safety and energy density. It raises the question of whether this is actually achievable or just too good to be tr...

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New scientific findings show a way to regrow cartilage.

Osteoarthritis, resulting from injury or the aging process, impacts 20% of the U.S. population. Data from a Stanford Medicine study indicates that cartilage loss can be reversed in mice and hum...

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What's causing this rotation?

This latest creation has potential.

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The fast-moving air inside an air fryer can cause bread to move in strange ways, but it's just basic physics at work.

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Researchers have found that cows can use tools. Veronika, a 13-year-old Swiss Brown cow, showed she could use a deck brush in different ways to scratch various parts of her body. This finding shifts our understanding of bovine intelligence and impact...

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Auto-brewery syndrome is the latest mystery intoxication discovered by scientists.

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World's smallest robot created by scientists.

Researchers have engineered autonomous microrobots, smaller than a grain of salt, that use light-powered electrokinetic propulsion to swim. Featuring onboard sensors and computers, these units can functi...

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Hiker Finds an Unusual Ice Spike

These spikes develop when water freezes in precise conditions, with expanding ice pushing water upward through a tight opening. This results in hollow tubes that grow until the reservoir of water is solid ice or the ...

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Evidence suggests gut microbiota may play a role in human intelligence. By transplanting microbes from humans and primates into mice without germs, scientists observed changes in brain gene activity connected to neural growth and energy usage. This r...

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Research suggests gut microbiota may be central to human intelligence. Scientists transferred microbes from humans and primates into germ-free mice, discovering that gut bacteria influence brain gene expression regarding energy and development. This ...

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Scientists Find Technique for Bone Regeneration

By utilizing a universal cartilage scaffold, experts can now prompt the body to regenerate its own bone tissue without facing immune system rejection. The technique relies on decellularized extracellul...

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Scientists have uploaded a fly brain to a digital system. They transformed the full wiring diagram of an adult fruit fly's brain into a simulation that autonomously directs a biomechanical fly.

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Scientists Train Human Brain Cells to Play Doom⁣
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Scientists at Cortical Labs developed the CL1, a biological computer made from 200,000 human neurons - but can it tackle humanity's greatest challenge?⁣
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Microsoft Creates 5TB Glass Storage Lasts 10,000 Years⁣
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Scientists have developed a method to store digital data in borosilicate glass using femtosecond lasers, creating nanostructures called voxels that encode information with remarkable stability...

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China Just Launched 1,000,000 Mile Battery⁣
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CATL's 5C ultra-fast charging battery can fully charge in 12 minutes and maintain 80% capacity after 3,000 cycles, equivalent to 1.5 million miles of driving. This technology uses advanced coatings, elect...

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Archaeologists Just Discovered a 'Giant's' Burial Site⁣
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Archaeologists uncovered a ninth-century mass grave containing a 'giant's' skeleton with evidence of ancient brain surgery. ⁣
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China Launches World's First Flying Power Station⁣
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China’s S2000 Stratosphere Airborne Wind Energy System floats 2,000 meters above ground, using helium lift and ducted turbines to generate megawatt-class electricity. This airborne wind turbine del...

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Engineers Create Robotic Upgrade For Human Hand⁣
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Researchers at EPFL developed a robotic hand with six symmetrical, silicone-tipped fingers that can detach and crawl like a spider to manipulate objects in tight spaces. It surpasses human hand capab...

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Olympic Skiers Accused of "Enhancing" Performance⁣
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Elite ski jumpers at the 2026 Winter Olympics have allegedly used hyaluronic acid injections to increase their crotch size, aiming to create more aerodynamic suits within strict regulations. A deta...