World market for functional foods to reach $149 billion by 2018

Aging population, increasing health awareness spur sales of functional foods and drinks

Dassault Systèmes presents latest 3DEXPERIENCE Platform

Dassault Systèmes Announces the V6 Release 2013x of its 3DEXPERIENCE Platform

Makino offers new fast-hole drill EDM

Aerospace Blade and Vane Machining Improves with Makino’s EDBV3 Fast-Hole Drill EDM

HARTING on shaping the future

HARTING Technology Group at the electronica trade fair in Munich

Bone-anchored hearing implant mean less invasive surgical procedure

Soft tissue disruption can be minimised with new technology

Online access important component of health care reform

Patients with online access to clinicians, medical records have increased use of clinical services, reports new JAMA study

CE Mark for BioMimics 3D stent

Veryan receives EU approval stent that mimics the natural helical geometry of the vascular system

St. Jude’s Portico receives CE Mark

Transcatheter aortic heart valve designed for patients with severe aortic stenosis

FDA clears Vitacon’s bladder scanner

Non-invasive VitaScan LT bladder scanner is used for real-time bladder volume measurement

FDA approves Cook Medical’s drug-eluting stent for PAD

Zilver PTX will be sold in the USA in early 2013

Teijin's lightweight, sound-absorbing polyester material used in Mitsubishi Outlander

Teijin Limited announced that its V-Lap lightweight, sound-absorbing polyester material has been selected for use in the floor carpet of the new Mitsubishi Outlander, a midsize crossover vehicle that launched in Japan last month.

Electrically-conductive polymer nanoparticles can kill colorectal cancer cells

Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have modified electrically-conductive polymers, commonly used in solar energy applications, to develop revolutionary polymer nanoparticles (PNs) for a medical application. When the nanoparticles are exposed to infrared light, they generate heat that can be used to kill colorectal cancer cells.