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NANOTECHNOLOGY Nanotechnology Rejuvenates the Heart Dead regions of the heart can be brought back to life using nanotechnology—new research out of Brown University could help heart attack patients recover their most vital organ.

3-D PRINTING World's Smallest 3-D Printer Unveiled A new milk carton-size printer developed by the Vienna University of Technology may allow users to download and print anything from earrings to replacement machine parts to silverware.

ROBOTS Flexible Robots Imitate Caterpillars Researchers at Tufts University's Biomimetic Devices Laboratory are building robots that imitate the movement of caterpillars, one of the most efficient power-building animals in nature.

AI Google Opposes Face Recognition Database Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, has said that the search giant would not build a database capable of recognising individual faces even though it is increasingly possible.

GREEN TECH Driving Electric to Turn a Profit As if gearheads did not already have reasons aplenty to hate electric vehicles, adding insult to injury, research suggests that electric cars might actually make a profit for their owners.