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3-D printed ‘building blocks’ of life

Could be used to build tissue structures and eventually micro-organs

A new 3-​​D printing method for creating patient-​​specific medical devices

Especially valuable for creating catheters for prema­ture babies

Chemical storage advance may enable more cost-effective concentrated solar-power storage

New thermochemical energy storage system is twice as efficient, with 10 times higher energy density

Engineers design enhanced magnetic protein nanoparticles to better track cells

First complete pictures of cells’ DNA-copying machinery

Electron microscope images reveal that structure of DNA-copying protein complex differs from long-held textbook view

Just one junk-food snack triggers signals of metabolic syndrome

Metabolic syndrome is associated with the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes

China plans world’s largest supercollider

CERN also planning High-Luminosity LHC upgrade for 2025

Massive supercomputer simulation models universe from near birth until today

One of the largest cosmological simulations ever run

Single-agent phototherapy system diagnoses and kills cancer cells

How to build a full-scale quantum computer in silicon

The key is scalable error correction

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