Scientists create artificial muscle thousand times stronger than normal one...
Washington – Researchers have developed a micro-sized robotic torsional muscle/motor made from vanadium dioxide that for its size is a thousand times more powerful than a human muscle, able to catapult objects 50 times heavier than itself over a distance five times its length within 60... read more »
Jolie`s preventive mastectomy fails to raise knowledge of breast cancer ris...
Washington – Angelina Jolie’s announcement of undergoing preventive double mastectomy heightened has not translated into increased understanding of breast cancer risk, according to researchers. A survey of more than 2,500 Americans found that three out of four were aware of her story, but... read more »
Now, `wear your heart on your sleeves` with LED Mood-Sweater
Washington – A LED Mood-Sweater, that has been recently developed, will read human emotions by reflecting specific LED light colors onto the white fabric of a sweater. The GER Mood Sweater, developed by San Francisco-based design firm ‘Sensoree’, contains a Galvanic Extimacy Responder... read more »
Healers in Peru practiced drilling skull surgery more than 1,000 years back
Washington – Scientists have claimed to have found proof that Peruvian healers practiced trepanation – a surgical process that involves removing a section of the cranial vault using a hand drill or a scraping tool – more than 1,000 years ago to treat a variety of ailments, from... read more »
