Category Archives: Science & technology

French employees win ‘right to disconnect’

French employees win ‘right to disconnect’ France has passed a bill urging companies to respect employees’ time outside of office hours. Could similar legislation help people aged 25-34 in the UK – the group that is unhappiest with work-life balance here? According to a report recently released by YouGov, one in five working UK adults aged between…

Doctors 3D-print ‘living’ body parts

Doctors 3D-print ‘living’ body parts Custom-made, living body parts have been 3D-printed in a significant advance for regenerative medicine, say scientists. The sections of bone, muscle and cartilage all functioned normally when implanted into animals. The breakthrough, published in Nature Biotechnology, raises the hope of using living tissues to repair the body. Experts described the…