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In the latest biotechnology that takes its cue from the wonders of the natural world, a tiny soft, flexible metal ‘robot’ can curl up like a pangolin to effectively navigate the internal human body.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Robot Continue reading Tiny pangolin-inspired robot can stop internal bleeding
The days of urinating on a stick, and then sharing those sticks online, might be numbered, with the world’s first saliva pregnancy test hitting the market.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Pregnancy test, Pregnancy, Diagnostic devices, Ho… Continue reading World’s first saliva pregnancy test goes on sale
It’s safe to say that even with convincing deep fakes causing record-label panic and a flurry of new AI tech garnering plenty of interest, we’re still at the very beginning of learning how the age of modern machine learning will impact art and pop cult… Continue reading AI hit prediction could have a huge impact on music industry, artists
More than a decade in research and development, a state-of-the-art needle-free vaccine is imminent for commercial use as biotechnology company Vaxxas cuts the ribbon on a massive production plant and business headquarters in Brisbane, Australia.Continu… Continue reading Needle-free vaccines one step closer as huge production plant opens
Scientists have been able to name a new species of dinosaur that roamed the river plains of Chile’s Patagonia some 72 million years ago.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: University of Chile, Dinosaurs, Paleontology, Fossils, Chile Continue reading New duck-billed dinosaur baffles scientists with its epic world travel
While it’s not at all aimed to replace medical screening, the visual search function of Google Lens has now moved beyond identifying plants and birds to being able to act as a preliminary skin check tool.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Google… Continue reading You can now use your phone to ID skin conditions
Beer and peanuts have been a match made in heaven for so long it’s hard to pinpoint just when the holy union came about. It was made commercially official in the US in 1937, with the rather ingenious branding of Beer Nuts, and for almost as long scient… Continue reading The reason peanuts ‘dance’ in beer (we know you want to know)
Animal cells share some qualities with plant cells, but one key feature ours lack is a rigid cell wall. While this provides structure for plants, it’s also something scientists are increasingly looking at for use in new materials, cellulose technology … Continue reading Plant-based insulin derived from lettuce, can be taken orally
Researchers just can’t seem to keep their hands off asteroid Itokawa, and with good reason. Following on from the discovery of pyroxene, which contains water in its crystal structure, in a sample taken from the stony space mass, another team at the Uni… Continue reading Table salt found in asteroid shakes up how water surfaced on Earth
We may only ever have 47 of the 207 bones that made up the skeleton of this 3.18-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis specimen known affectionately and widely as Lucy, but it’s been enough to make some incredible discoveries (and stir up more th… Continue reading Lucy the ancient human walked fully upright, and she was ripped