The FDA has issued approval to the XIENCE V everolimus eluting stent from Abbott, a product that the company supposedly has demonstrated in clinical trails to perform better that Boston Scientific's TAXUS.

The brain performs very complex computational tasks when identifying what is being seen by the eyes and modern computer vision systems come nowhere near that ability. Scientists from Harvard and MIT are working on adapting computer graphics processors...

Intelligent tracking of hospital stuff can be crucially important. External environment and duration of storage can affect usability of supplies such as blood bags that have to stay within a certain temperature range. RFID technology is often...

St. Jude Medical has received FDA regulatory clearance for the firm's new five-column neurostimulation lead. The Penta™, being unveiled at North American Neuromodulation Society meeting, sports the market's smallest electrodes arranged in five...

Earlier this year Samsonite invited designers to develop products that would make it easier for people to travel with their babies. One submission came from Iranian designer Pouyan Mokhtarani who suggested a pod that can be used for casual travel or...

Duke University scientists demonstrated the possibility of using RNA aptamers to target tumor cells without affecting healthy tissue or activating the immune system. They did this on a mouse model by meticulously searching for a short strand aptemer...