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Teenager can use fork for first time after being fitted with hi-tech hand
A teenager who lost her fingers to septicaemia as a toddler has been able to brush her teeth for the…
In-Car Avatar Sensitive To Driver’s Needs
Next time the warning lights on your car’s dash send you into a tizzy and the automotive gobbledygook in the…
Sniffer dogs detect lung cancer
Sniffer dogs can be used to reliably detect lung cancer, according to researchers in Germany. Writing in the European Respiratory…
New drug could cure nearly any viral infection
Most bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as penicillin, discovered decades ago. However, such drugs are useless against…
Rare Antelope Caught by Camera Trap
Until the recent camera trap surveys, the Aders’ duiker (pictured) was thought to live only in two shrinking forests—one in…
Earth May Have Had Two Moons
A new hypothesis claims the Earth may once have had two moons, which eventually crashed together forming our current celestial…
In Search of Green Air-Conditioning
For years, the energy world has puzzled over how to harness the sun to make rooms cool. That may sound…
“Soccer Ball” Nebula Discovered
A dying star‘s wheezing cough has puffed out a gas shell reminiscent of a big blue soccer ball, scientists say.…
Scientists find ‘better way’ to grow adult stem cells
A new plastic surface which overcomes the difficulties associated with growing adult stem cells has been developed, according to scientists.…