‘Intelligent’ surgical knife can sniff out cancer tissue
Scientists have created an "intelligent" surgical knife that can detect in seconds whether tissue being cut is cancerous, promising more effective and accurate surgery in future.
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Scientists have created an "intelligent" surgical knife that can detect in seconds whether tissue being cut is cancerous, promising more effective and accurate surgery in future.
For aspiring major leaguers, one of the most painful aspects of learning the game is dealing with the sting of the bat's handle when a baseball is hit incorrectly.
Archaeologists believe they have discovered the world's oldest lunar "calendar" in an Aberdeenshire field.
A recent poll called them one of modern life’s top irritants, but how do spam messages work? And in a world of constantly streaming information online, should you act like a scammer yourself if you want to win attention?
Stretchable electronics may start appearing in the near future, after researchers created liquid metal structures on a 3D printer.
Scientists have proposed a radical new model for the make-up of the Earth's core.
If you tickle a robot, it may not laugh, but you may still consider it humanlike -- depending on its role in your life, reports an international group of researchers.
Details of a touchscreen showing 3D images that can be felt and manipulated have been published by Microsoft's research unit.
Counterintuitive as it may seem, genetic mutation is key to our evolution and survival.
One company wants to reinvent urban transportation by developing a fully enclosed, two-wheeled electric vehicle that puts less car and more people on the road.