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A 'sonic flashlight' developed by a biomedical engineer at the University of Pittsburgh makes the human body seem translucent right in front of your eyes. The prototype device merges the visual outer surface of a patient's skin with a live ultrasound scan of what lies bene...
In the run up to Christmas we'll be going out to buy nearly 7 million christmas trees this year, so here's some handy tips on what to look for in a good christmas tree : First, what tree ? NORWEGIAN SPRUCE - this is our traditional tree, nice and bushy, nice shape, but ver...
If you get fed up of your boss checking up on you at work, you should tell him or her about this next item: Recent research has shown that monitoring people at work doesn't improve their performance. In fact it can have the opposite effect. A survey of over 100 volunteers ...
Heart attacks occur when the blood vessels supplying the heart become furred up by fatty material called atheroma. What causes this to happen is still something of a mystery, but we know that people with high blood levels of a form of cholesterol called LDL are much more a...
Tea-tree oil has been used in Australia for over 80 years to treat skin and other infections, and it is beginning to catch on here, but does it work ? The answer, according to Australian researchers, is yes, better than some commercially available antibiotics. Scientists a...
Scientists studying birds in Norway have made an unusual discovery - successful males budget their sperm by shunning their old partners. The bird watchers expected the behaviour of male Great Snapes to match that seen in nightclubs, with the males taking every opportunity ...
