Medical
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Sonic Screwdriver takes a step closer to reality
Scottish physicists levitate rubber disk to demonstrate fundamental physics of sci-fi device.Read more → -
Canadian team develops method to make medical isotope sans reactor
Cyclotron process could alleviate hospitals’ dependence on shaky supply from Chalk River and other such reactors.Read more → -
Fascinating, Jim: X Prize Foundation launches Star Trek Tricorder competition
Futuristic healthcare gadget to net winner $10 Million prize.Read more → -
Canadian robotic brain surgeon nears regulatory approval
Approval of IMRIS’s Advancing Image Guided Surgical Robotics Program expected in early 2012.Read more → -
UBC implantable device to treat vision loss
Researchers’ microfluidic drug delivery mechanism could also lead to improved cancer treatment.Read more → -
Mechanical fingers restore function to amputees
SolidWorks helps medical inventor craft natural looking and moving prosthetic fingers.Read more → -
Print me some skin
U.S. researchers use 3D printing to create skin grafts and other human tissues.Read more → -
NRC looks to expand Canadian medical devices sector
The National Research Council (NRC) is planning to help Canadian companies capture a larger share of the multibillion-dollar medical devices industry, now poised for rapid growth.Read more → -
NRC health-care device scientist named to Order of Canada
The director general of the National Research Council (NRC) Institute for Biodiagnostics in Winnipeg, Ian Smith, was recently inducted into the Order of Canada for his groundbreaking work in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and its global contributions to health care.…Read more →
