Day: July 8, 2016

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FAST telescope to hunt for extraterrestrial life – an annotated infographic

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The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope – aka FAST – is the world’s largest radio telescope. Hewn out of a mountain in China at a cost of $180 million, it will explore space and hunt for extraterrestrial life. E&T news reported the story about China’s hunt for alien life in full detail earlier this week. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading FAST telescope to hunt for extraterrestrial life – an annotated infographic

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E&T news weekly #102 – we choose our favourite engineering and technology news stories from the past week

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Friday 8 July 2016  Vitali Vitaliev, features editor Robotic rectum to boost prostate cancer diagnosis It would be easy to take a mickey out of this new invention, but on this occasion I am not going to do it. Moreover, I would be willing to characterise the robotic rectum – without a shadow of irony – as a major scientific breakthrough. The reason? Prostate cancer is a bane of modern human males. Natural shyness and sheer intrusiveness of the examination procedure have stopped thousands of men from seeking help until it was too late. Anything that facilitates prostate cancer diagnostic … Continue reading E&T news weekly #102 – we choose our favourite engineering and technology news stories from the past week