This Pacemaker is Made by Injecting a Virus Right Into a Pig's Heart
It could mean that having a pacemaker does not involve sticking pieces of metal next to your heart.
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It could mean that having a pacemaker does not involve sticking pieces of metal next to your heart.
It's a serious breakthrough in diabetes research.
It means we can work on creating similar strong glues, and getting rid of the blasted things.
Yet we still call it that. One of the quirks of English isn't it?
Check out the amazing system that tested the most powerful rocket engine ever, known as the Rocketdyne F-1.
It's about bloody time too.
Scientists use world's largest laser to recreate Jupiter's core.
We all know it's happening, but did you know it could be explained by Quantum Physics as well?
A single-celled parasite usually found in cats' intestines—and later in their poop—shows unique promise as a cancer treatment.
Growing electric bacteria raises the intriguing possibility of putting them to use.
Spoiler: yes, it does.
Here are three problems that, no matter how good computers get, they'll ever be able to solve.
This is the most detailed map of the surface of Mars yet.
The ocean is a harsh mistress, and you have to prepare any oceanic installations for the battering they'll get. That's why they use this simulator.
It seems bizarre that people would have evolved to have such vastly different blood, so why did we?
It's stronger than standard Gorilla Glass for one thing.
