News articles tagged with 'electrode'
Humans can control a cursor with power of thought
— 9 Apr 2011 11:46 | TechnologyThe act of mind reading is something usually reserved for science-fiction movies but researchers in America have used a technique, usually associated with identifying epilepsy, for…
Stanford researchers use river water and salty ocean water to generate electricity
— 30 Mar 2011 16:43 | TechnologyStanford researchers have developed a battery that takes advantage of the difference in salinity between freshwater and seawater to produce electricity…
Batteries charge quickly and retain capacity, thanks to new structure
— 21 Mar 2011 16:22 | TechnologyThe batteries in Illinois professor Paul Braun's lab look like any others, but they pack a surprise inside…
Better batteries for electric cars
— 14 Mar 2011 20:27 | TechnologyElectric cars are the future - a view shared by government and the automotive industry alike. The German federal government aims to establish Germany as the lead market for electromobility.…
Brain implant surgeries at UCSF dramatically improve symptoms of debilitating condition
— 9 Mar 2011 18:32 | HealthImplanting electrodes into a pea-sized part of the brain can dramatically improve life for people with severe cervical dystonia - a rare but extremely debilitating condition that causes…
Stretchable balloon electronics get to the heart of cardiac medicine
— 8 Mar 2011 14:11 | HealthCardiologists may soon be able to place sensitive electronics inside their patients' hearts with minimal invasiveness, enabling more sophisticated and efficient diagnosis and treatment…
Hyperactive nerve cells may contribute to depression
— 24 Feb 2011 20:05 | HealthScientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have…
Liquid metal key to simpler creation of electrodes for microfluidic devices
— 22 Feb 2011 23:36 | TechnologyResearchers from North Carolina State University have developed a faster, easier way to create microelectrodes, for use in microfluidic devices, by using liquid metal. Microfluidic…
Using EEGs to diagnose autism spectrum disorders in infants
— 22 Feb 2011 23:10 | HealthA computational physicist and a cognitive neuroscientist at Children's Hospital Boston have come up with the beginnings of a noninvasive test to evaluate an infant's autism risk. It…
Touchscreens made of carbon
— 27 Jan 2011 17:53 | TechnologyJust touching it slightly with the tips of your fingers is enough. You can effortlessly write, navigate, open menu windows or rotate images on touchscreens. Within fractions of a second…