Cancer patient gets 3D printed titanium ribs and sternum

April 7, 2017September 11, 2015 by Brian Wang

A Spanish cancer patient has received a 3D printed titanium sternum and rib cage designed and manufactured right here in Australia. Suffering from a chest wall sarcoma (a type of cancerous tumor that grows, in this instance, around the rib cage), the 54 year old man needed his sternum and a portion of his rib …

Researchers use laser to levitate, glowing nanodiamonds in vacuum

April 7, 2017September 8, 2015 by Brian Wang

Researchers have, for the first time, levitated individual nanodiamonds in vacuum. The research team is led by Nick Vamivakas at the University of Rochester who thinks their work will make extremely sensitive instruments for sensing tiny forces and torques possible, as well as a way to physically create larger-scale quantum systems known as macroscopic Schrödinger …