Plans to clear silt from Gloucester Docks, using a new type of dredging, have been welcomed by organisers of the city's Tall Ships Festival.

BBC: Tall ship in Gloucester Docks

By stringing together thousands of these so-called droplets (which measure about 50 microns across) using a custom-built 3D printer, the Oxford team believes it has engineered a "new type of material" that could eventually be used to ferry drugs throughout our internal systems to a specific target site, fill-in for damaged tissues or even mimic neural pathways via specially printed protein pores.

ENGADGET: Oxford University researchers create new 3D printed 'soft material' that could replace human tissue

On Tuesday, Sun announced a new focus on using flash memory--the type of chips found in devices like iPods, USB thumb drives and some laptops--to store information in corporate data centers.

FORBES: Magazine Article

On Tuesday, Sun (nasdaq: JAVA - news - people ) announced a new focus on using flash memory--the type of chips found in devices like iPods, USB thumb drives and some laptops--to store information in corporate data centers.

FORBES: Sun Jumps Into Flash