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The machine that sobers you up faster: Scientists invent device that may help lift signs of drunkenness three times more quickly than letting nature take its course Scientists have invented a machine which helps people sober up 3 times faster Users breathe hard and fast into a mask that supplies them with carbon dioxide It … Read more
An AI-powered robotic arm can perform ‘less painful’ colonoscopies to check for bowel cancer by using a magnet to externally steer a camera probe through the gut. The system — from a team led from Leeds — could prove to be the first major update in decades to the procedure, which is used some 100,000 … Read more
‘Infinitely recyclable’ plastic is developed which can be broken down and remolded for another use after being heated at 212F Most plastic weakens significantly when its broken down and remolded The new polymer, PBTL, retains its strength and durability after being recycled Researchers suggest it could be recycled again and again, possibly indefinitely PBTL can’t … Read more
MIT researchers invent robotic hand that can untangle cords and cables and may eventually complete household tasks like folding clothes The robot can handle fine-motor tasks like untangling cords It may eventually be able to tie knots and fold clothes The bot uses soft feelers made of rubbers and embedded with cameras It has applications … Read more
It was Sir Winston Churchill who said: ‘In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.’ For the last four years of the Second World War, the role of bodyguard was played – in part at least – by a highly secretive government department called the Political … Read more
Hopes of the first new cough treatment in 50 years as scientist invent pill that slashes symptoms by two thirds Doctors from University of Manchester trialled the new drug called gefapixant Aided people with chronic cough – those who’ve had it for more than eight weeks Twice daily pill reduced frequency of coughing by 67% … Read more