21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)...

A new system developed at Oregon State University to improve cancer surgery uses a nanoparticle called a dendrimer to carry a drug into cancer cells, that can set the stage for improved surgery and also phototherapy. (Graphic courtesy of Oregon State University)

Technology such as this, scientists said, may have a promising future in the identification and surgical removal of malignant tumors, as well as using near-infrared light therapies that can kill remaining cancer cells, both by mild heating of them and generating reactive oxygen species that can also kill them.

Read more: 'Glowing' new nanotechnology guides cancer surgery, also kills remaining malignant cells 

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Researchers added a dancing, waving gorilla to a standard CT scan of the lungs. Most radiologists totally missed it.

Most radiologists, however, did not see him. When asked "Did you see a gorilla on the final trial?" 20 of the 24 radiologists tested said they did not. It wasn't for lack of looking.

As the researchers write, in a forthcoming paper in Psychological Science, "eye-tracking revealed that, of the 20 radiologists who did not report the gorilla, 12 looked directly at the gorilla’s location when it was visible."

A man has had the first ever 3D-printed skull-replacement fitted, swapping out a whole 75 per cent of the bone in his head for a man-made replacement.

OrCam is based on artificial intelligence and special algorithms built into a tiny computer that clips onto your eyeglasses.

Wearing an OrCam device clipped to her glasses, Negrin — who works for the company — can now do the smallest things that sighted people take for granted.

Just by pointing her finger at objects and listening to the device read the words and numbers, she can hand over money at the store without fear of being shortchanged. She can easily step on the right bus as it approaches her stop. And she can “read” the ingredients labels on products at the supermarket.

Costing about the same as a good hearing aid, the OrCam device is able to identify thousands of objects, including the faces of loved ones, dogs, buses, newspaper text and store signs, all with the point of the finger. Its voice system transmits the information to the wearer’s ear.

Scientists at University College London have successfully transplanted photoreceptor cells into blind eyes, thus maybe finding a method for curing blindness

The new map, a work of classic anatomy called BigBrain, is 50 times as detailed as previous efforts and will be available to researchers everywhere.

Wissenschaftler des Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine haben herausgefunden, dass Immunzellen im Gehirn eine Substanz herstellen können, die Bakterien am Wachstum hindert. Dies sei ein bahnbrechendes Ergebnis.