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CHICAGO — A new, tiny pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — developed at Northwestern University could play a sizable role in the future of medicine, according to the engineers who ...

Researchers at Northwestern University just found a way to make a temporary pacemaker that’s controlled by light—and it’s smaller than a grain of rice.

Scientists unveil a groundbreaking injectable pacemaker that dissolves in the body after use-offering a safer, smarter, and stitch-free solution to heart rhythm problems.

Northwestern engineers unveil a rice-sized pacemaker for newborns, injectable via syringe and activated by light—no surgery needed, fully dissolvable.

Scientists just unveiled the world’s tiniest pacemaker. Smaller than a grain of rice and controlled by light shone through the skin, the pacemaker generates power and squeezes the heart’s muscles ...

Northwestern engineers unveiled what they say is the smallest pacemaker in the world in a study published in the journal Nature.

Developed by engineers from Northwestern University, the pacemaker is the size of a grain of rice and could help save babies born with heart defects.

This picture obtained on April 2, 2025 shows a pacemaker next to rice gains for scale. The world's tiniest pacemaker, a temporary heartbeat regulator smaller than a grain of rice that can be ...

Northwestern scientists invent pacemaker smaller than grain of rice Scientists at Northwestern University unveiled the world's smallest pacemaker. The device is smaller than a grain of rice ...

Scientists have unveiled the smallest pacemaker ever, the size of a grain of rice, which provides a temporary solution for heartbeats. This wireless, ...

A team of engineers at Northwestern University have created the world’s smallest pacemaker. It’s activated by light and can be inserted via syringe.