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Beach bots, sea ‘raptors’ and marine toolsets mobilised to get rid of marine litter
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How to reach a tumbling target in space
Solar-powered system offers a route to inexpensive desalination
How robots and bubbles could soon help clean up underwater litter
Rubber material holds key to long-lasting, safer electric vehicle batteries
Engineers test an idea for a new hovering rover
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