Coming soon: a pacemaker with no battery
September 4th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 4 (IANS) An implantable pacemaker as tiny as a pinhead is set to revolutionise medicine with its big advantage. It is powered by radio waves from outside the ... Read more...
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Heartbeat to keep future pacemakers ticking
March 4th, 2012 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 4 (IANS) An unlikely source could keep cardiac pacemakers ticking in the future - the heartbeat itself, without the necessity of batteries.
University of Michigan engineering researchers have ... Read more...
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Heartbeats to keep pacemakers ticking
February 2nd, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) Aerospace engineers have developed a prototype that could power a pacemaker using chest cavity vibrations caused mainly by heartbeats.
Though pacemakers require as little as a ... Read more...
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Plasma knocks out deadly viruses
December 18th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Dec 18 (IANS) Adenoviruses that can cause respiratory, eye, and intestinal tract infections, must adopt the cellular machinery of infected organisms to produce more of their own, scientists suggest.
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Cricket hair inspire ultra sensitive sensor
December 12th, 2011 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 12 (IANS) Miniscule hair on a cricket's underbelly have inspired researchers to create an ultra sensitive sensor.
These hair help a cricket sense approaching enemies and unerringly ... Read more...
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Could ozone from rocks warn us of impending quakes?
November 18th, 2011 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 18 (IANS) Ozone gas emitted from fracturing rocks could warn us of impending earthquakes.Researchers are looking for ways to accurately forecast quakes, focusing on seismic clues that, if ... Read more...
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New laser can detect roadside bombs
September 18th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 18 (IANS) Lasers may pick out roadside bombs and help in identifying improvised explosive devices (IEDs), often used by terrorists, new research says.Marcos Dantus, chemistry professor at ... Read more...
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Device converts footsteps into energy
September 15th, 2011 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 15 (IANS) A new coin-sized device harvests low frequency vibrations from footsteps or the hum of machinery and converts them into energy. It could bolster existing wireless-sensor networks ... Read more...
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World’s 1st high performance infrared camera created
December 4th, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 4 (ANI): Researchers at the Northwestern University have created world's first high performance infrared camera based on Type-II InAs/GaSb superlattices.It produces much higher resolution images than previous infrared cameras.The long ... Read more...
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Soon, invisibility cloak made of glass
July 22nd, 2010 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 22 (ANI): Ever dreamt of donning an invisibility cloak? The work of a Michigan Technological University scientist could soon help you own one.Elena Semouchkina, an associate professor of electrical and ... Read more...
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Laser tweezers build super-fast computers more easily
October 1st, 2009 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 1 (IANS) Building super-fast computers has just become easier, thanks to a breakthrough that lets researchers grab hold of tiny components and probe their inner structure using only a beam ... Read more...
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Scientists create metal that pumps liquid uphill like a tree
June 3rd, 2009 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 3 (IANS) Trees draw vast amounts of water from their roots up to their leaves hundreds of feet above the ground through capillary action. But now University of Rochester scientists ... Read more...
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Computer screens, TV embedded inside transparent plastic come closer to reality
December 10th, 2008 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 10 (ANI): Computer monitors and televisions embedded inside glass or transparent plastic may soon hit the market, thanks to the creation of a working computer chip that is almost ... Read more...
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Experts produce high-performance thin field transistors from carbon
November 27th, 2007 - 4:43 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Nov.27 (ANI): Georgia Tech researchers have reportedly produced high-performance field transistors using thin films of Carbon 60, also known as fullerene.
Researchers have been interested in making field-effect transistors and other ... Read more...
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