Nuclear pacemaker still energized after 34 years
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A U.S. surgeon who implanted a nuclear-powered pacemaker into a 20-year-old woman in 1973 says the device is still going strong after 34 years and may have saved money over the long run.
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A new micro-generator developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology holds promise for micro-generator technology&#39;s future in electronics devices.
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Birthday on Sunday Forgotten Tech The transistor, the ubiquitous building block of all electronic circuits, will be 60 years old on Sunday. The device is jointly credited to William Shockley (1910-1989), John Bardeen (1908-1991) and Walter Brattain (1902-1987), and it was Bardeen and Brattain who made the first working point-contact transistor on 16 December 1947.â¦
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Pricey pacemakers that regulate the  heart's upper and lower chambers separately are worth the extra  cost because they help keep patients out of the hospital, U.S.  researchers reported on Monday.
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The stripped-out shell of a heart has been made to work again - using brand new cells planted inside it.
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A heart patient who had muscle cells transferred from his leg to his heart makes good progress.
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SMA has an inverter that keeps the solar system going even during a blackout.
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Pricey pacemakers that regulate the heart's upper and lower chambers separately are worth the extra cost because they help keep patients out of the hospital, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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A device from Argonne National Lab takes a fresh approach to generating t-rays.
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Racconta la vita di un tetraplegico, oggi fisico nucleare
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Forty-two years ago open-heart surgery was a terrifying operation, though I hasten to add that itâs not exactly trivial today.
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Don Ho expects to be released from the hospital by the weekend after having a new pacemaker installed. Ho, known for his signature tune "Tiny Bubbles," has been in the hospital since Sept. 13. The pacemaker was installed Saturday.
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Nikki Mugford has encouraging news for Tony Blair. Two years after having the same procedure of catheter ablation she is fitter than ever.
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Scientists have come up with a tasty formula to lengthen your life expectancy by an average of five to 6.6 years and ward off heart disease for eight to nine.
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By Kovsky, Eddie  Over the course of her career, Ann Rincon has enjoyed watching the technology she creates go into use.  Rincon, a senior scientist at AMI Semiconductor in Pocatello, has spent 25 years designing microprocessor circuits. It's an industry that has continued to evolve.
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I guess I'm the bad boy of heart attack survivors. Mine played like low comedy from the start. It felt not like shearing pain; I had no revelations of mortality and sense of endtimes and lost opportunities. Actually, it seemed Bill Clinton was sitting on my chest playing the saxophone.
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NEW YORK  - Two people found unconscious in very cold conditions were revived using an external pacemaker to speed up their heart rate, among other measures, according to a new report.