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Material made of carbon and nitrogen is nearly as hard as diamond

Crushing carbon and nitrogen under immense pressure and heat creates the second-hardest known material after diamond

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This carbon nitride is nearly as hard as diamond

Health

Stretchy electrodes shrink when wet to fit snugly around organs

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Cooling system could replace air con and drastically cut energy use

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Apartment air conditioners in a building in Singapore
Attempts to recreate red matter

Physics

Superconductor hopes dashed after journal retracts ‘red matter’ study

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Hollow nanoparticles linked by DNA make unusually strong materials

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Plastic scrap in landfill

Technology

Waste plastic can be recycled into hydrogen fuel and graphene

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Physics

Squeezing loofah sponges creates enough electricity to power LEDs

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The Bayesian experimental autonomous researcher (BEAR), a robotic laboratory

Technology

Toughest known structure discovered by autonomous robot lab

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Superconductors can levitate above a magnet

Physics

LK-99: Mounting evidence suggests material is not a superconductor

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LK-99's creators claim it is a superconductor at room temperature and pressure

Physics

Why it's so hard to tell if LK-99 is a room-temperature superconductor

Researchers have been trying to determine if a material called LK-99 really is a superconductor at room temperature and pressure. Here's what is making it so difficult

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Technology

Thin reflective film that mimics butterfly wings can keep cars cool

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Gold nuggets - thin gold wafers can generate their own glow

Physics

Gold flakes glow when they are bathed in light and now we know how

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Superconductors can magnetically levitate

Physics

Scientists race to test claimed room-temperature superconductor

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Technology

Energy-storing concrete could form foundations for solar-powered homes

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