Medical Technology

It's about the size of a large vitamin pill and, for the first time in Ohio, the smallest heart pacemaker...

An article recently published in the International Journal of Surgery shows the potential applications for Google Glass in the surgical...

A new technique which could revolutionise the treatment of epilepsy is to be tested thanks to a £10 million grant...

Neural probe arrays are expected to significantly benefit the lives of amputees and people affected by spinal cord injuries or...

It's well-known that the human body is a good conductor of electricity, and now researchers have taken advantage of this...

Caffeine-fueled cram sessions are routine occurrences on any college campus. But what if there was a better, safer way to...

Playing a science-based mobile gaming app for 25 minutes can reduce anxiety in stressed individuals, according to research published in...

The first room-temperature light detector that can sense the full infrared spectrum has the potential to put heat vision technology...

Study shows that fixation devices derived from silkworm silk are potentially attractive alternatives to metal and synthetic-based systems When a...

In a study that began in a pair of infant siblings with a rare heart defect, Johns Hopkins researchers say...

Researchers have identified four biomarkers that help to identify people at high risk of dying from any disease within the...

Columbia researchers develop a general optical imaging platform to examine activities of a broad range of small biomolecules in living...

There are more than a trillion cells called neurons that form a labyrinth of connections in our brains. Each of...

An international team led by The University of Texas at Dallas has discovered that ordinary fishing line and sewing thread...

Researchers have developed the technology for a catheter-based device that would provide forward-looking, real-time, three-dimensional imaging from inside the heart,...

A cochlear implant that can be wirelessly recharged would use the natural microphone of the middle ear rather than a...

Pancreatic cancer is a particularly devastating disease. At least 94 percent of patients will die within five years, and in...

Researchers at the University of Arizona and the University of Illinois have developed tiny power generators that can convert the...

Since continuous miniaturization in microelectronics is already starting to reach the physical limits, researchers are seeking new methods for device...

The novel biosensor developed by scientists at Rice University in collaboration with colleagues in Thailand and Ireland may make the...