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In recent years, light emitting diodes (LEDs) have begun to change the way we see the world. Now, a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute student has developed a new type of LED that could allow for their widespread use as light sources for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) on everything from televisions and computers to cell phones and cameras.

Four companies that manufacture artificial hips and knees paid physicians more than $800 million in royalties and fees over four years to influence them to use their products, Gregory Demske, assistant inspector general of legal Affairs at the HHS Office of Inspector General said during a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on Wednesday,

Many of the greatest inventions in modern medicine were developed by physicists who imported technologies such as X rays, nuclear magnetic resonance, ultrasound, particle accelerators and radioisotope tagging and detection techniques into the medical domain. There they became magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerized tomography (CT) scanning, nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography (PET) scanning, and various radiotherapy treatment methods.

An international team led by Physics and Chemistry teams from the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and directed by Professor Jose Javier Saiz Garitaonandia, has achieved, by means of a controlled chemical process, that atoms of gold, silver and copper - intrinsically non-magnetic (not attracted to a magnet) - become magnetic.

Frost & Sullivan awarded Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CYTX) the 2008 North American Regenerative Medicine Technology Innovation of the Year Award and the 2008 United States Medical Device Industry Innovation & Advancement of the Year Award. The two distinct awards recognize Cytori’s development and commercialization of its Celution™ System platform and its potential to dominate the practice of regenerative medicine.

University of Missouri scientist Kattesh Katti recently discovered how to make gold nanoparticles using gold salts, soybeans and water. Katti’s research has garnered attention worldwide and the environmentally-friendly discovery could have major applications in several disciplines.Gold nanoparticles are tiny pieces of gold, so small they cannot be seen by the naked eye.

Frost & Sullivan will host its annual Excellence in Medical Technology & Life Sciences Awards Banquet on March 12, 2008 at the Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, California. The gala Awards event will take place in conjunction with Frost & Sullivan’s 13th Annual Medical Devices Executive MindXchange that will run March 9-11. The honorees will convene for a networking reception followed by the Awards dinner and presentations.

Frost & Sullivan will host its annual Excellence in Medical Technology & Life Sciences Awards Banquet on March 12, 2008 at the Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, California. The gala Awards event will take place in conjunction with Frost & Sullivan’s 13th Annual Medical Devices Executive MindXchange that will run March 9-11. The honorees will convene for a networking reception followed by the Awards dinner and presentations.

Frost & Sullivan will host its annual Excellence in Medical Technology & Life Sciences Awards Banquet on March 12, 2008 at the Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, California. The gala Awards event will take place in conjunction with Frost & Sullivan’s 13th Annual Medical Devices Executive MindXchange that will run March 9-11. The honorees will convene for a networking reception followed by the Awards dinner and presentations.

Seeking to address a challenge facing interventional cardiologists and hundreds of thousands of patients with coronary artery disease worldwide, Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), announced the first human use of its investigational bifurcation stent. The new stent employs an innovative Y-shaped design to match the anatomy of lesions that form at the junctions of coronary arteries. Dr.