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In a bid to win over future business, Microsoft has announced a programme to give some start-ups free software and support.
BizSpark is a global project open to private companies that have been in business for less than three years with less than $1m in annual revenue.
The software giant is partnering with business networks around the [...]

 
An alternative fusion project has been kicked off in Europe that would seek abundant clean energy using a colossal laser the size of a football stadium.
The laser would tap the energy by squeezing together atoms of hydrogen - a process very similar to the one that powers the Sun.
Europe is already engaged in the Iter [...]

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The most brilliant minds should be directed to solving Earth’s greatest challenges, such as climate change, says Sir David King.
The former UK chief scientist used his presidential address at the BA Science Festival to call for a gear-change among innovative thinkers.
He suggested that less time and money be spent on endeavours such [...]

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A robotic suit is helping people paralysed from the waist down do what was previously considered impossible - stand, walk and climb stairs.
ReWalk users wear a backpack device and braces on their legs and select the activity they want from a remote control wrist band.
Leaning forwards activates body sensors setting the robotic [...]

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Scientists in the US say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people invisible.
Researchers at the University of California in Berkeley have developed a material that can bend light around 3D objects making them “disappear”.
The materials do not occur naturally but have been created on a nano scale, [...]