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![]() The Register - Science: BiologyBiting the hand that feeds ITCopyright: Copyright 2009, Situation Publishing
New 'reversible' paralysis-ray turns victims blue, flaccid Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:25:38 GMT 'Many test subjects survived', claim inventorsCanadian boffins say they have developed a fearsome paralysis ray technology which caused test animals zapped with it to "turn blue and become paralysed". The effect is claimed to be "reversible", but is often fatal.…
Gene testing firm goes titsup Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:44:28 GMT DNA disease spotting ain't worth spitThe company that all but started the industry of selling gene tests to individuals to predict their likelihood of getting certain diseases has gone bust.…
High-tech 'blade runner' legs better than real ones - profs Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:19:23 GMT Olympic ban on Dr Who Cybermen seems likelyThe argument over the use of artificial legs to gain better results in athletics has taken a new turn. Following lengthy legal debates, it had been accepted that prosthetic legs confer no substantial advantage, but now the very scientists who argued that case have changed their minds.…
Brain-delving boffins in key monkey-butler breakthrough Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:54:20 GMT Inability of apes to understand drinks orders probedIn a development with potentially immense consequences in the important area of monkey* butlers, boffins have identified the crucial genetic differences which permit humans to employ speech and deny this ability to chimpanzees, our closest genetic cousins.…
Docs press for probe into 'designer vaginas' Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:04:13 GMT Warn over 'invasive and irrevocable' labiaplasty opsDoctors have warned that nip-and-tuck labiaplasty operations aimed at creating "designer vaginas" could have adverse affects on long-term sexual function.…
Fungal invader bites Spanish ham Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:58:03 GMT Phytophthora hits vital acorn suppliesSpain's ham producers are eyeing with alarm the spread of a fungus which is threatening the food supply essential to the production of the country's famous leg of pig.…
US boffins hail lab-grown rabbit todger Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:12:19 GMT Repaired lapines going at it like, erm...US researchers have offered long-term hope to human sufferers of erectile disorder by restoring "sexual function" to rabbits with damaged penises.…
Spanish Army builds ant-colony AI conquistador algorithm Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:28:05 GMT Iberian insect intelligence to plan 'actual strategy'Spanish computer researchers and army officers say they have developed an algorithm based on the behaviour of ant colonies which can plot "the best path" through battlefields for manoeuvring troops. The general-ware has apparently been tested in a "mini-simulator" developed by modifying the computer game Panzer General.…
Swedish cyborg gets haptic hand Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:22:02 GMT 'Perfectly good nerve endings' plugged in once againBoffins in Israel and the EU have fitted a Swedish man with a robotic hand which has a two-way hookup to the nerves in his arm: not only can he operate the hand as if it were his own, he can feel with it too.…
US sees 'hot-tub related injuries' increase triplefold Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:33:44 GMT Horrific 'body part entanglement'
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