The novel distortion matrix approach enables detection of micro-calcifications in breast cancer. These precursors of breast cancer are impossible to detect in the conventional ultrasound image.

Left: Artistic impression of metal spheres buried in small glass beads. Middle: Conventional ultrasound picture. Right: With the new technology, the positions of the metal spheres can be precisely ...

SUPPOSE we had a theory that could explain everything. Not just atoms and quarks but aspects of our everyday lives too. Sound impossible? Perhaps not. It’s all part of the recent explosion of work in ...

Herewith some mind-bending questions: Are we living in a computer simulation, as in "The Matrix"? Why is there something rather than nothing? That is, why does the universe exist at all? Are there ...