This Sponge Could Help Fill Gaps Where Bone Can't Regrow Itself
Plus it's biodegradable so it'll disappear as the bone regrows.
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Plus it's biodegradable so it'll disappear as the bone regrows.
They've been on a three billion mile journey that took over seven years.
Yes we know it's all fictional, but there are some scientific mechanisms behind it.
Although it's well-documented that creating fonts can be an art, two mathematicians show that it can also be a science.
Just because we can't see the sun's effects doesn't mean they're not there.
A pig heart to be precise.
A precursor to a proper piece of work published by Einstein and mathematician Willem de Sitter in 1932, this paper was a vital stepping-stone in his thinking.
Injecting thousands of spores of a modified C. novyi intorats, dogs, and one human patient shrank or even eradicated their tumours.
This discovery that a creature that can continually make new neurons is startling and exciting.
It is less a function of fear than bewilderment; simply put, it comes down to that fact that they can't see.
How did a pool of random chemicals eventually turn into us? The video will explain it in ways everyone can understand.
If it's going to be there making you uncomfortable you might as well put it to good use.
How many different colours can humans actually see?
The winners have been announced, and amongst them is Manjul Bhargava whose work stems from the unlikely source.
Glioblastoma multiforme is a cancer that's as deadly as it sounds. The good news is that we now have a technique to potentially treat it.
The Slinky? A Rubik's Cube? Newton's Cradle? None of those office time-waster stalwarts can even begin to compare with this ultrasonic levitation machine.
