Safer to eat
Plastic food wraps and chopping boards embedded with antimicrobial technology are just some of the inventions in development that could make our food safer to eat, Jasmin Fox-Skelly reports
Hydrogel bonanza
Soft contact lenses are a multi-billion-dollar industry, however, more novel applications for hydrogels could help burns patients, lower surgical risk and even reduce numbers of drug injections, XiaoZhi Lim reports
Carbon Rapture
Pure carbon can form many other materials beyond the classical allotropes of graphite and diamond. Michael Gross reports.
Smiles Better
The search continues for new and improved materials and treatments in dentistry, reports Katrina Megget
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SCI CEO Sharon Todd describes the SCI Next Gen debate at COP26 which show-cased young scientists shaping the green revolution