Portable machine to detect bird flu outbreak in 'two hours'
Monday, August 18, 2008

Scientists are on track to create a mobile machine that would identify strain of bird flu within hours, a development that would make it possible to set up exclusion zones before the deadly virus could spread.

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European researchers advance bone implants technology
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

A team of researchers from the Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Applied Materials Research have developed a simulation programme calculating the internal structure and density distribution of bone material.

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Indian researchers on way to creating vital part of human eye
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Half a dozen eye hospitals in India are collaborating with a research centre here to create the inner layer of the cornea, the vital window of the human eye. It may allow 14,000 eye transplants a year.

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New technology paves way for visually impaired Internet users
Wednesday, August 06, 2008

IBM previewed a unique Social Accessibility collaboration software, developed by IBM Research, which allows Internet users to improve Web accessibility, particularly for those who are visually impaired.

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Chips provide a leg-up to revolutionise healthcare
Friday, August 01, 2008

Research is on to implant semicon chips in the retinas of people suffering from total blindness. A fair degree of success has been attained, as 7-8 implants have already been done in patients and partial vision restored.

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World's largest online medical encyclopedia planned
Saturday, July 26, 2008

A plan to create the world's largest online medical encyclopedia was announced recently. Known as Medpedia, the site will be free and available to the public when it launches at the end of this year.

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