Cubed Magazine

3D printing is still widely regarded as a novelty, but its impact on healthcare is likely to show how it may dramatically reshape our world.

Parkinson’s Disease can be difficult to diagnose and challenging to monitor symptoms, but data gathered from a smartphone app may help identify patterns

The Internet of Things is here. We talk to experts at Queen Mary University on what it is, where it is heading, and robot butlers.

Regenerative medicine is an exciting emerging field in medicine that develops new living tissue to replace and repair diseased tissue, often using stem cell therapies.

A new centre in Cambridge University is exploring not only the exciting possibilities & dangers of emerging artificial intelligence, but our preconceptions of what artificial intelligence is

The dramatic educational progress made by children in Malawi using a mathematics app may result in significant long-term benefits for one of the world’s poorest countries

A cancer researcher and fashion designer combine to make a dress that visualizes the biological process of cancer.

The future of luxury fashion, customisable, bespoke designs may soon be accessible to all. The Digital Hack Lab’s project explores 3D printed garments.

In her book on the future of work, Shift, Prof. Lynda Gratton of the London Business School writes that, the core of any revolution in the way work gets done is inevitably changes in energy.

As we increasingly depend on digital technology for every aspect of our lives, a new smartphones app offers a window on our moods and emotions

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Could it be possible to replace parts of our body and even improve on the original? The UK’s Channel 4, have broadcast a documentary called ‘How to Build a Bionic Man’.

A new app has been developed for a smartphone that will enable users to experience swimming in the ocean.

Didac Carmona, winner of FameLab 2012, talks to Eva Vlckova about his research and why your cells dying keeps you alive.

UK funders call for debate on genetically modifying humans

Airplane wings, offshore wind turbines, sports equipment may all be repairing themselves thanks to some ‘what if’ thinking by chemists and engineers

For the archaeologist there can be no greater satisfaction than revealing the hidden stories of ancient relics.

There have been many reasons put forward for animals avoiding power lines. But a collaborative research project has provided radical new insight into animal behaviour

Student histopathologists can use a histology atlas to develop their skills in reading the intricate maps of cellular structures.

This architectural and engineering project is attempting to shift us from a 'take, make, dispose' industrial model, to a circular economy.

A study shows how social comparison is linked to cooperation, human brain size and future developments in machine intelligence

Safe, inexhaustible, zero-carbon energy is a dream for a truly sustainable planet. According to a team of Imperial College London physicists, this may be an achievable dream in 50-100 years.

The future of robots is going to be huge argues Dr Nick Hawes, who explains the challenges and possibilities of robot research.

Peter Bentley, a computer scientist, is part of a group developing a self-repairing computer, which can instantly recover from crashes by fixing corrupted data.

The concrete industry produces five percent of manmade carbon dioxide worldwide,and waste from demolition is also ecologically unfriendly.Solution may be new, bio-inspired building materials

A postgraduate student at Imperial College has developed a new composite material for violins – made with Golden Orb Spider silk.

New research suggests that not only are there four basic emotions expressed through the face, but that how these emotions are interpreted depends on cultural background.

Scientists at Southampton and Imperial have completely reframed the design problem of drones by looking to the flight capabilities of bats

Using machine learning, researchers have developed a method to identify cancer cells which may help speed up medical diagnoses

How do our individual thinking styles evolve and change? Aided by a downloadable app, a new study explores the different values and frames of thinking around the world

In a follow-up to an experiment which developed a ‘happiness equation’, new research suggests that our sense of inequality, through guilt and envy, impacts our own happiness.

You know that thrill, that feeling you get when listening to music? A new study shows that the brain reacts in the same way to the thrill of reading.

The millipede plays an essential role in regulating the decomposition of leaves in the forest. According to Francois-Xavier Joly, FameLab France winner, millipedes are the real Robin Hoods.

Why and how did cells first appear? Was this inevitable, or a total fluke? Might this happen elsewhere in the universe?

Aerosols and pollutants have an increasingly damaging impact on health, the environment and the economy.

Professor Panos Vostanis has developed a new internet platform WACIT – World Awareness for Children in Trauma – as a resource for sharing knowledge and best practices in supporting children