The Folding@home project at Stanford University allows users to donate unused computer power to run simulations of how the novel coronavirus is structured, in order to help find a cure. More about Software creates computer hive mind to help find coronavirus cure
Bespoke, smart and made-to-order is the new face of the skincare industry, where product designers are applying artificial intelligence and machine learning. Rima Sabina Aouf spotlights seven brands demonstrating this. More about Seven customisable skincare brands harnessing artificial intelligence
Researchers at MIT have invented a low-cost moisture sensor for disposable nappies that uses radio frequencies to alert caregivers when babies need changing. More about MIT develops low-cost smart diaper that notifies parents when wet
Italian additive manufacturing start-up Isinnova has reverse engineered and 3D printed a crucial valve for an overrun hospital in Chiari, a small town in Lombardy which is among the areas worst affected by the coronavirus outbreak. More about 3D printers fabricate emergency valves for ventilators to keep coronavirus patients breathing
Cults, memes and incel culture informed The 1975's music video for their song The Birthday Party, which sees band members transformed into digital avatars. More about Ben Ditto examines "underbelly" of the internet for The 1975 music video
Students from London's Royal College of Art and Imperial College have devised a system that provides access to news coverage via a portable satellite modem during a government-enforced internet shutdown. More about Fallback device can bypass governmental internet shutdowns to give access to news
London design studio Special Projects has created a series of paper envelopes that seal away smartphones and minimise screen time for the day, while still allowing access to basic functionality. More about Envelope paper sleeves turn smartphones into analog devices
Benjamin Hubert and his studio Layer have designed Bang & Olufsen's sculptural Beosound Balance speaker, which has a two-part structure made from wood and textile. More about Layer designs Bang & Olufsen speaker that "visually describes how the audio functions"
London design studio Special Projects has developed an app that condenses important information such as contacts and maps onto a daily printout to help people live without their devices. More about Special Projects distills essential smartphone functions into a daily Paper Phone
Scottish startup Kenoteq has launched the K-Briq – a more sustainable building brick that is unfired and made of 90 per cent construction waste. More about Kenoteq launches brick made almost entirely of construction waste
Artist Danielle Baskin has set up Resting Risk Face, a company that will print user's faces on masks so they can use facial recognition technology while wearing them. More about Facial-recognition masks let wearers unlock their phones
China is deploying robots and drones to remotely disinfect hospitals, deliver food and enforce quarantine restrictions as part of the effort to fight coronavirus. More about Drones and self-driving robots used to fight coronavirus in China
Stockholm-based designer Julia Olanders has used construction materials that are usually hidden in buildings to create a series of decorative vases for her Betweenness project. More about Julia Olanders makes "toxic" vases from insulation foam and concrete
Architecture studio Generate and developer Placetailor have unveiled plans to build a carbon-neutral apartment block in Boston using a cross-laminated timber "kit of parts". More about Generate and Placetailor to build carbon-neutral CLT apartment block in Boston
Samsung has launched its first full range of 5G smartphones that have AI-powered camera systems, a 108-megapixel sensor and 100x zoom. More about Samsung launches Galaxy S20 smartphone with 108-megapixel camera
Samsung has brought the early noughties flip phone into the 21st century with its Galaxy Z Flip smartphone, which has a 6.7-inch flexible glass display that folds down to fit in the palm of your hand. More about Samsung releases foldable Galaxy Z Flip smartphone
Indigenous communities are pioneers of technologies that offer solutions to climate change, according to designer and environmentalist Julia Watson. More about Indigenous technologies "could change the way we design cities" says environmentalist Julia Watson
Studio Drift has created Ego, a kinetic sculpture made of 10 miles of ultra-fine nylon, for the Dutch National Touring Opera's production of L'Orfeo. More about Studio Drift creates dramatic shifting Ego sculpture for Dutch opera L'Orfeo
Dezeen promotion: École des Ponts ParisTech has launched Build'in, a platform that reflects the university's move towards digital technologies, as the construction industry changes. More about École des Ponts ParisTech's Build'in lab tackles digitisation of construction
Ceramicist Gregg Moore has created crockery for the Blue Hill at Stone Barns restaurant outside New York, that is made from the bones of the very cows whose dairy and meat is served. More about Gregg Moore creates restaurant's tableware using waste bones from its kitchen