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 ...

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 ...