Pakistan Conducts First-Ever Advanced Heart Surgery for Free

In a historic medical breakthrough, a team of surgeons at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) successfully performed Pakistan’s ...
The News International

Pakistan’s first-ever Tarfet technique performed at NICVD

In a groundbreaking medical achievement, a Turkish cardiovascular surgeon, Prof Ugursay Kiziltepe, led and supervised a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Skin Helps Explain Why Elephant Trunks Are So Handy

Elephant trunks have long fascinated researchers and animal lovers alike. Strong and powerful, yet flexible and precise enough to grab a single blade of grass, the elephant trunk has also served as a ...
NPR

There’s a wrinkle — or many — in the story behind an elephant’s trunk

Why is the elephant trunk so wrinkly? It sounds like the start of one of Aesop’s fables. But in a new study in the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers offer up some answers. This all ...
The New York Times

Elephant Trunks: Is There Anything They Can’t Do?

A new study highlights the impressive biomechanics and suction power of an elephant’s most defining appendage. By Richard Sima An elephant’s trunk is a marvel of biology. Devoid of any joints or bone, ...