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We summarize the week's science breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Plants

    Roses rigged with electrical circuitry

    Bioelectric molecules can form wires and conduct electricity in cut roses, researchers find.

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  2. Climate

    Geoengineering is world’s last hope, new book argues

    Geoengineering is humankind’s only viable solution to curb climate change impacts, a journalist contends in The Planet Remade.

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  3. Computing

    New algorithm cracks graph problem

    A new algorithm efficiently solves the graph isomorphism problem, which has puzzled computer scientists for decades.

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  4. Tech

    Laser light turns graphene paper into a microbot

    Tiny origami-inspired robot uses laser light to walks like an inchworm.

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  5. Tech

    Electronic skin feels the heat, hears the sound

    Electronic skin inspired by human fingertips detects texture, pressure, heat and sound.

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  6. Climate

    Wi-Fi threatens weather forecasts

    Interference from wireless technology threatens the usefulness of weather radar, meteorologists warn.

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  7. Animals

    ‘Whalecopter’ drone swoops in for a shot and a shower

    Whale biologists are monitoring the health of whales using drones that snap photos and then swoop in to sample spray.

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  8. Quantum Physics

    Future quantum computing could exploit old technology

    Silicon transistors have been modified and patched together to form logic gates that could perform calculations in future quantum computers.

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  9. Science & Society

    For the real hits of fashion week, look to computer science

    A machine learning algorithm that analyzes trends on the runway and those on the street could help designers and manufacturers better understand what fashion trends take off.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Fizzy bubbles carry drugs deep into wounds

    Bubble-powered drugs burrow into wounds to stop blood loss.

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  11. Tech

    Early satellite TV predictions highlighted instant communication potential

    Satellite communication started as science fiction but soon became reality.

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  12. Particle Physics

    William Detmold: Looking deep into atoms’ hearts

    MIT theoretical physicist William Detmold probes the fundamental bits of matter that combine to form the nuclei of atoms.

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