A new medical imager for detecting and guiding the biopsy of suspicious breast cancer lesions is capable of spotting tumors that are half the size of the smallest ones detected by standard imaging systems, according to a new study.
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Imager that Zeros in on Small Breast Tumors
Super Powered Flashlight Can Set Things On Fire
Engadget is reporting that Wicked Lasers has introduced The Torch. It is the world’s brightest and most powerful flashlight.
The Flashlight is capable of melting plastic, lighting paper on fire
within seconds, and if you like, fry an egg or a marshmallow on a
stick.
Lawyer Puts $10k Bounty on Blogger’s Identity
Raymond Niro of Niro Scavone Haller & Niro is fighting back against criticism from the Patent Troll Tracker blog by offering a $10,000 bounty for the identity of the person behind it.
Record Year For Online Newspapers
Online newspaper readership reached an all-time
high in 2007, according to a Nielsen Online report for the Newspaper
Association of America.
US Internet Users Are Fascinated with Video
Young men are the most frequent online video viewers, but US Internet users of all ages are getting into the act.
That is the main finding of BurstMedia’s "Online Insights" report, conducted in December 2007.
The All Wooden Bicycle
Marco Facciola, a 16-year-old high school student, constructed this fully functional wooden bicycle to fulfill a class requirement. No metal was used in its construction, only wood and glue.
Teenager’s Blood Type Changed by Liver Transplant
Fifteen-year-old Demi-Lee Brennan is lucky to be alive: after a virus destroyed her liver, doctors gave her just 48 hours to live when a donated liver became available. But not only that: after the transplant, Demi-Lee became the very first person in the world to take on the immune system and blood type of her [...]
The Hitler Room
To make his hotel stand out from its competitors, Belgrade hotelier Dusan Zabunovic decided to give his hotel a peculiar theme: current and past world leaders! In addition to the Bushes, Margaret Thatcher, Fidel Castro and Joseph Stalin, there is also a junior suite named after the infamous Adolf Hitler.
Film Star Chimp To Write His Story
He is a true Hollywood star, plucked from obscurity to play a leading role in a series of hit films before overcoming an addiction to alcohol and cigars.Now, Cheeta the Chimp who is 75 and is listed in the Guinness World Records as the oldest living non-human primate, is to publish his memoirs.
Man Breaks Own Record for Ice Endurance
A man who calls himself a tantric master has broken his own world record by standing in ice for 72 minutes.
