National Geographic (Feb. 25) -- Researchers at Illinois and Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new device that may one day help prevent heart attacks. Unlike existing pacemakers and implantable defibrillators that are one-size-fits-all, the new device is a thin, elastic membrane designed to stretch over the heart like a custom-made glove. U. of I. materials science and engineering professor John Rogers co-led the team that invented the new device. Also: KWMU-FM (90.7) (NPR; St. Louis, Feb. 25), The Scientist (Feb. 25), New Scientist (Feb. 25), Science 360 (National Science Foundation, Feb. 26), Business Standard (from Asian News International, Washington, D.C.; New Delhi, Feb. 26), Bioscience Technology (Rockaway, N.J., Feb. 27), Discovery News (Feb. 27), KRCU-FM (90.9) (NPR; Cape Girardeau, Mo., Feb. 27), New Electronics (London, Feb. 28), Daily Mail (London, March 3), Smithsonian (March 10).
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