News tagged with cardiac devices

Working toward the next battery breakthrough (w/ Video)

If battery-making is an art, then University at Buffalo scientist Esther Takeuchi is among its most prolific masters, with more than 140 U.S. patents, all in energy storage.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Sweet chemistry: Carbohydrate adhesion gives stainless steel implants beneficial new functions

A new chemical bonding process can add new functions to stainless steel and make it a more useful material for implanted biomedical devices. Developed by an interdisciplinary team at the University of Alberta and Canada's ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Diagnostic chip may help hearts, cut costs

Heart disease is a silent killer, but new microchip technology from Rice University is expected to advance the art of diagnosis.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0