Pacemakers have been around for years, and they aren’t the most ‘consumer friendly’ gadgets in the market, however, a new innovation by Medtronic, a key pacemaker and defibrillator producer, has changed that, at least to some extent.  In July of 2009 the company’s new innovation, a wireless...

A rare, virulent pneumonic plague has been reported in a remote town in Western China. It is caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis which are usually found within rodents and fleas that can infect humans and animals through contact. However, it is much more potent than the bubonic plague which killed millions...

A team led by MIT Professor Robert Langer and Jeff Karp, created an adhesive tape that could become an important tool for surgeons in the near future.  The tape could serve as a replacement for staples or sutures in surgical processes as it is both biodegradable and can stick in wet environments without...