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University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) investigators announce the development of a new type of electrodes, to be used in advanced power sources that combine the power performance of capacitors with the high energy density of batteries.
Such a power source is the goal of numerous studies being conducted aroun... |
16 March 2012
05:52 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) highlights the development of a new type of electronic switching mechanisms. They say that the device could lead to significant improvements in memory capabilities, and also to faster processing.
Novel computer memory systems... |
22 February 2012
03:24 GMT |
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Stacking DNA and carbon nanotubes onto a biosensor electrode could lead to the development of more advanced, high-precision devices capable of accurately measuring indicators left behind in the human body by conditions such as diabetes.
The team of investigators – which is based at the Purdue University &ndas... |
15 November 2011
10:12 GMT |
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say that they managed to improve on a concept they presented last year, related to improve lithium-oxygen batteries. These devices are commonly known as lithium-air batteries.As these energy-storage devices discharge, they tend to produce solid oxidized ... |
25 July 2011
10:56 GMT |
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It is sufficiently obvious by now that lithium-ion batteries will remain a staple of modern electronics for years to come, until fuel cell technology is sufficiently mature to take to the market. A Chinese startup is now taking its shot at fame, by improving an electrode material used in these batteries. The Beijing-... |
12 July 2011
11:01 GMT |
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Researchers at the Stanford University announce an innovation that could bring the widespread adoption of water-splitting technologies one step closer to fruition. Their work eliminates one of the most important challenges facing this area of research. Splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen has been a dream for bot... |
21 June 2011
08:07 GMT |
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Researchers at the University of Manchester, in the United Kingdom, have shown for the first time how the human brain slips into a state of unconsciousness. Using an array of 32 electrodes, they were able to produce a 3D view of neural activity taking place as this happens. One of the most important conclusions is th... |
11 June 2011
06:22 GMT |
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Today, we are used to waiting for at least several hours for our gadgets to recharge their batteries. This is true for laptops, cell phones, tablet PC and mp3 players, among other devices. But experts say that, soon enough, batteries could recharge as fast as a couple of minutes.A technology demonstrated recently sho... |
11 April 2011
03:51 GMT |
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Investigators at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) announce the development of a new type of nanoscale-engineered battery, that is capable of accumulating energy about 40 times faster than today's top lithium-ion batteries. This remarkable power density was made possible by the latest advancements in na... |
5 January 2011
05:12 GMT |
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Ultracapacitors are energy-storing devices that can both absorb and release electricity very fast. However, they can only store very little energy inside. A group of American researchers may have fixed this issue, with a little help from a heavily-researched carbon compound.The science team, based at Nanotek Instrume... |
8 December 2010
18:01 GMT |
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A new research partly funded by the National Institutes of Health shows that it is possible to control images on a computer by the power of your mind.The study basically proved that when the subjects had their brains connected to a computer that displayed two mixed images, they could determine the computer to display... |
28 October 2010
06:05 GMT |
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For many years, clinicians and healthcare experts have been using deep brain stimulation (DBS) techniques to try an alleviate symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease. Now, a new consensus on how to do that was reached. Experts pooled their resources together, and developed a series of guidelines and advices... |
13 October 2010
03:23 GMT |
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A group of scientists from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor announces the creation of the world's smallest pump. The minute device is no larger than a human red blood cell, but it can function fairly effectively, when considering its size. The power supply for this instrument is ensured by an electrode th... |
17 May 2010
04:09 GMT |
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Sleep apnea is one of the most disrupting and widespread sleep disorders in the world today. It manifests itself by blocking the airways of the patient during sleep, depriving the brain of oxygen, and starving the rest of the body as well. It leads to fatigue in the short run, but it also causes long-term side-effect... |
14 December 2009
03:46 GMT |
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In an achievement that is bound to raise the bar for other researchers in the field as well, experts at the Boston University have recently developed the first completely wireless brain-computer interface. The system is groundbreaking, as it works by converting brain waves in FM waves, which are then decoded to produ... |
10 December 2009
09:54 GMT |
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Experts at the Mayo Clinic campus in Jacksonville, Florida, announce that electrode implants have been used for the first time to hack into a person's brain, and reveal what they are thinking about. The team says that its test subjects, all of which had electrodes inside their brains, were able to type up a virt... |
7 December 2009
01:34 GMT |
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Tourette's Syndrome is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder, characterized by patients having numerous motor tics, and at least one verbal tic. The disease begins its development during childhood, and can reach a stage where it causes significant embarrassment to the patient. A sufferer can curse without meani... |
28 October 2009
03:58 GMT |
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For a long time, communicating through the power of thought has been considered to be a cheap trick that con artists use to lure innocent victims into their games. Now, scientists at the University of Southampton (USouthampton) have managed to prove that this can, indeed, happen between two people. The new study cons... |
6 October 2009
18:31 GMT |
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Since genetic sequencing was first achieved, experts working in this field have been trying to make the process faster, cheaper and more accurate. Picking up on this trend, engineers at IBM are currently working on a new type of microchips that would enable the creation of sensors capable of reading a DNA molecule�... |
6 October 2009
04:00 GMT |
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Experts at the University College London (UCL), in the United Kingdom were following a recent study able to conclude that brain waves have a significant influence on human behavior. In a series of tests, they attached a number of electrodes on volunteers' heads, and then ran a small alternating current through t... |
3 October 2009
06:35 GMT |
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Lithium-ion batteries are, at this point, among the most popular variety of electricity-storing equipments in the world, and can be found in a wide array of applications, from mobile phones to laptops and other gadgets. However, they still hold only small amounts of electricity when compared to their size, experts s... |
23 September 2009
09:50 GMT |
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Experts from the University of Washington have recently managed a significant breakthrough in treating paralysis, when they have created a set of circuity that allows a monkey with a temporal disability in a wrist to move it. The circuits and wires, controlled by a central unit, bypassed a nerve that had been sedated... |
1 September 2009
05:50 GMT |
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For decades, doctors and researchers have used electricity to study or treat the human brain. Such investigations have led to the discovery of important centers in the cortex, such as the motor center and the pleasure one. Some treatments for conditions such as Parkinson's and even depression have been developed... |
27 August 2009
02:58 GMT |
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For amputees and paralysis victims, harnessing the power of brain impulses to control bionic limbs is about the only chance of getting at least some functions back in, or instead of, their paralyzed arms and legs. Until now, this was only possible by installing hair-thin electrodes in the brain, and by “in&rdqu... |
29 June 2009
03:27 GMT |
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The neuroscience community has over the past few years been involved in endless arguments, as to whether a technique known as deep-brain stimulation – electrodes inserted in various parts of the cortex, which have electrical current passing through them – can trigger the formation of new, functional neuro... |
30 May 2009
04:55 GMT |
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