RESILIENCE

Bioengineering threats rated as a top biosecurity risk

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A global team of experts has put together a list of the most urgent biosecurity threats, with bioengineering threats such as DNA-based surveillance among the top-ranked concerns.  The exercise was facilitated by the Centre for Existential Risk (CSER) and the BioRISC project, both based at the University of Cambridge. A group of 41 academics and … Read more

Printed plastic webs could save smashed smartphone screens

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A spider web-inspired solution made possible using 3D printing could provide unprecedented protection for smartphone screens in the future.  A research team at Polytechnique Montréal, Canada, has demonstrated a fabric designed using additive manufacturing which they claim can absorb up to 96 per cent of impact energy without breaking. This could lead to the creation … Read more