Medical first: Doctors save boy by 3-D printing airway tube

US doctors are celebrating a scientific breakthrough that may have saved the life of a baby boy.

May 23, 2013 15:41

3D printer produces synthetic ‘tissue’ (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Researches have built a new type of 3D printer that creates tissue-like material that could revolutionize medicine. The artificial material produces the properties of living tissues and could potentially replace them in the future.

April 05, 2013 18:15

Scientist presents 'invisibility cloak' in California (VIDEO)

At a US tech conference, a scientist unveiled a small ‘invisibility cloak’ that causes objects behind it to mysteriously ‘disappear’ – similar to the magic garment worn by Harry Potter at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

February 27, 2013 17:36

Eau de toilette: Bill Gates pays to turn sewage into drinking water

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has won worldwide respect for battling disease and starvation in the developing world. But their latest venture – cheaply recycling sewage into drinking water and fuel – may prove more controversial.

April 06, 2012 16:31

Engineered virus which hacks & controls brain: Do you mind?

Today, an average computer user cannot even keep the machine secured. So what will the world look like when hacking your mind becomes as easy as infecting your machine with a computer virus?

December 15, 2011 14:44

AlcoLaser – the new high-tech nemesis of drunk drivers

Drunk drivers in Russia from now on face a brand-new nemesis – a laser device which detects alcohol in the air of your car with sophisticated precision. This brainchild of Russian science is a world first and will be in use by traffic police by 2013.

October 30, 2011 04:08