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Graphene flakes improve solar cell properties

UK public not revved up by driverless vehicles

Light-activated drugs offer precise strikes on tumours

Robotic surgery shown to improve patient outcomes

Scrabble-playing robot aimed at refining human interaction

NASA tests robotic refuelling to extend satellite missions

Autonomous soft-robot is as swift as a fish

Free flight and a soft landing for NASA's Morpheus

High-altitude airship will launch, observe and broadcast

Funding boost for British cargo-carrying airship

Solar superabsorber to improve photovoltiac efficiency

EPSRC-funded radars track changes on ice shelf