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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted Saturn’s moon Enceladus spraying out a huge plume of very cold water vapour, far bigger than any previously seen there. Reference: Science paper Biggest plume spewing from Saturn moon

Eventually, e-skin technology could give prosthetic-limb wearers a sense of touch. When wired up to a rat’s brain, pressing the e-skin makes the animal’s leg twitch. The soft material senses temperature and pressure, and turns the information into electrical pulses.

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Credit: Jiancheng Lai and Weichen Wang of Bao Research Group at Stanford University ‘Electronic skin’ mimics our sense of touchĪ new type of electronic skin mimics the process that causes a finger, toe or limb to move when poked or scalded.

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