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How Color Vision is Processed

New York University biologists have mapped the medulla circuitry in fruit flies, setting the stage for subsequent research on how color vision is processed.

25 Mar 2008

Highly Efficient Light Sources with Photo Detectors on a Single CMOS Chip

For the first time ever, OLEDs and OLED-on-CMOS integration offer the possibility to integrate highly efficient light sources with photo detectors on a single CMOS chip. This enables monolithically integrated optoelectronic applications based on standard silicon.

25 Mar 2008

High-Energy Charged Particles Potentially More Harmful Than X-Rays

A new technique for assessing the damage radiation causes to DNA indicates that the spatial arrangement of damaged sites, or lesions, is more important than the number of lesions in determining the severity of the damage.

24 Mar 2008

Non-Magnetic Combination D-Subminiature Connectors Designed for MRI Systems

Winchester Electronics has a new family of Non-Magnetic Combination D-Subminiature connectors designed for medical systems, such as MRI machines, that require non-magnetic coils.

24 Mar 2008

Light Powered Home-Based Hair Removal Cleared by FDA

Home Skinovations Ltd. announced today that the Silk'n(TM) device was cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for home-based removal of unwanted hair under the direction of a physician.

24 Mar 2008

Census Shows Slow-down in Expenditures for CT Technology

According to IMV Medical Information Division's recent census of CT sites in the U.S., an estimated 68.7 million CT procedures were performed in 7,640 hospital and non-hospital sites in 2007. This represents an average annual growth rate of ~8% since 2003, when an estimated 50.1 million procedures were performed.

24 Mar 2008