Now, a surgical robot will have a guide, and that too, not a human – but a three-dimensional ultrasound scanner. Developed by engineers from Duke University, the scanner can do its job successfully.
According to the researchers, the scanner can...
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Are you planning publishing a book, but do not have sufficient time for the printing process to meet the scheduled date of its launch? Never mind! Here is a solution to it, even if you wan to print a book of thousand pages at the last hour, rather...
Here is a computer that is claimed to be capable of operating faster than any computer in space today – it is as much as 100 times faster! It is being developed by engineering researchers at the University of Florida and Honeywell Aerospace.
Once...
Last Sunday, it was D-day for China! The country successfully launched its first direct broadcasting satellite -- SINOSAT-2 -- into space aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket. According to the Xinhua news agency, it was launched from the Xichang...
Astronomers have successfully captured some amazing pictures of two of the most distant galaxies ever seen! These pictures for the first time confirm that these celestial cherubs are real! The ultra-deep images are taken at infrared wavelengths....
A new laser-trap technology capable of simulating white blood cells’ suspension has been developed by Japanese scientists. With it, a researcher can trap and hold cells or beads at a focal point -- forming a trap at it -- created by the laser through...
Restoration of the Renaissance masterpieces has always been a hard work, if not challenge for researchers. Nanotechnology has come up as a solution! The Italian researchers have successfully used nano-particles of calcium and magnesium hydroxide and...
A new porous material with a new, highly open framework structure is reportedly been discovered. Can we call it new zeolite? According to Avelino Corma and his colleagues from the Politecnica University of Valencia, it is a zeolite -- one of a family of...
It is after 1925, when scientists discovered the last naturally occurring element on the periodic table, they have recently found a new element – rather the heaviest of all found till date! -- a superheavy element. It is known as 118, said to have...
Two Russian companies are planning to build the first floating nuclear power plant in the world, near the White Sea. Despite all the protests to nuclear plants across the world, through ages for its causing health hazards, the company Rosenergoatom...
Genetic Savings & Clone which is into selling of cloned pets is wrapping up its business due to less demand for cloned cats. In a last attempt to boost its sales the company drastically reduced the prices of the cats from $50,000 to $32,000 but it...
A low cost quick response disease diagnosis device has been developed by Akubio which is a Cambridge based nanotechnology firm. This wristwatch can help in early diagnosis of diseases such as meningitis and malaria. For their effort the company has...
Sounds interesting! Scientists have developed garments packed with sensors that can respond to a person's mood and environment! Does it represent the future of intuitive electronics? Perhaps yes, that day is not far off!
The two prototype...
Picture: A false-colour infrared map of Ceres shows bright regions in red and dark regions in blue. The circular blue feature near the centre may be an impact crater, while the nature of the reddish patches is unclear. Black patches at the poles are...
Suffering from baldness? But, fear the pains-taking treatments? Here is a better solution to this. Thanks to a robot! Yes, a Cambridge-based company, Biosciences firm Intercytex, is building a robot that will help speed up the painstaking process of...
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