Shapeshifters

Metallic alloys and polymers that can change their shapes at will... that's the future

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Who's who?

A new pattern recognition system promises to make wars "safer" for the soldiers

Smarter mines

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True blues

From plant protection to advertising and electronics, polymers are here to stay

'Smokeless' stove

A solid-fuel stove has been devised that produces less smoke

Changed perspective

Astronomers evolve new techniques to measure distance of far-off objects

Captured in action

Homing instinct

A smart guide

Relief in the joints

Portable car

Separating isotopes

Eating them alive

Almost 8 per cent of the stars in the universe have literally gobbled up planets

Fermilab's latest accelerator

Deep inside

Mir's fate sealed

Simulating touch

Nasa plan scrapped

Parachutes to the rescue

A US company has fitted a parachute to a light aircraft

Crime and punishment

Tracking criminals may no longer be difficult

Change me says the tyre

Precision laser

This soap stinks