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Using mobile and wearable proprietary technologies to remotely monitor Parkinson’s disease symptoms

Parkinson's Disease affects 10 million people worldwide and its symptoms include tremors in the fingers and hands, small handwriting, loss of smell, walking difficulties, dizziness, and others.

15 Jul 2022

Neuroscience simulations at NERSC reveal the origin of the cortical surface electrical signals

Where does electrical activity recorded on the surface of the brain come from, and what exactly determines which electrical signals get recorded?

14 Jul 2022

What is the association between long-term salt usage behavior and risk of premature mortality?

Researchers assessed the impact of increased salt consumption on life expectancy.

14 Jul 2022

Ghost imaging can be combined with human vision to image an object hidden from the direct line of sight

Researchers have shown that the computational imaging technique known as ghost imaging can be combined with human vision to image an object that can't directly be seen by the person. The new work represents a step toward combining human intelligence with artificial intelligence.

29 Jun 2022

Study links brain temperature with survival after traumatic brain injury

In a recent study published in the journal Brain, researchers explored diurnal, age- and sex-based brain temperature (TBr) variations and evaluated the prognostic importance of TBr mapping for estimating the survival of patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBI).

14 Jun 2022

New, tiny probe for long-lasting and minimally invasive interfacing with neural circuits

Researchers at the University of California San Diego and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have developed a tiny neural probe that can be implanted for longer time periods to record and stimulate neural activity, while minimizing injury to the surrounding tissue.

9 Jun 2022

Glaucoma treatment using smart contact lenses that release drugs

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers developed a wireless theranostic contact lens (WTCL) sensor for sensing intraocular pressure (IOP) in situ and delivering anti-glaucoma drugs on-demand.

19 May 2022

New memristors for neuromorphic computing

Researchers from ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich and Empa have developed a new material for an electronic component that can be used in a wider range of applications than its predecessors.

18 May 2022

Researchers create artificial cell membrane that can be kept stable for over 50 days

In nature, the cell membrane has a unique function of protecting the internal from the external environment and communicating outside by sensing the external chemical or physical stimuli like the most precise biosensor for life.

18 May 2022

New technology may pave the way for development of point-of-care devices and diagnostic tests

Biomarkers are components that may be present in biological samples and are related to specific diseases. Therefore, doctors can analyze biological samples from a patient to check their health condition or to monitor the progress of a specific therapy.

17 May 2022

Researchers discover a bi-directional neural network connecting the legs and visual system to shape walking

A fruit fly walks on a small styrofoam ball fashioned into a floating 3D treadmill. The room is completely dark, and yet, an electrode recording visual neurons in the fly's brain relays a mysterious stream of neural activity, rising and falling like a sinusoidal wave.

6 May 2022

‘Smart’ diaper could provide painless and quick bedside urinalyses

Urine can reveal a lot about a person's health. But physicians don't currently have a convenient or fast way of tracking the concentration of important compounds in their patients' urine.

5 May 2022

Experts develop new method to control gene expression using electrical signals

Researchers have created an improved method for turning genes on and off using electrical signals.

4 May 2022

Implant placed alongside a blood vessel could replace bulkier devices that stimulate nerves

An implant little bigger than a grain of rice, put gently in place alongside a strategically placed blood vessel, could replace much bulkier devices that stimulate nerves.

31 Mar 2022

Waste coffee grounds may help detect minute levels of neurotransmitters

There's nothing like a steaming cup of joe to give your morning a quick boost. Now, there's yet another reason to love the beverage.

20 Mar 2022

NYU Langone Health awarded $8 million NIH grant to develop implantable device to study epileptic seizures

There are more than 3.4 million adults and children in the United States with active epilepsy, and about one million of those experience seizures that are unable to be controlled by medicine.

17 Feb 2022

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by plasmonic-magnetic nanorobots

Researchers present a simple and efficient plasmonic-magnetic nanorobot for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA.

16 Feb 2022

New multiple-shot electroporation device could enable low-cost, effective cancer drug delivery

Researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have developed a microsize-gap multiple-shot electroporation (M2E) device that could improve the effectiveness of delivering cancer drugs at a lower cost, globally.

12 Feb 2022

Researchers develop a single-use sensor strip to detect cerebrospinal fluid leaks

Developing rapid clinical testing for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks after trauma, surgery, tumors, and other defects are vital, because such leaks can cause life-threatening conditions, such as meningitis and intercranial infection.

1 Feb 2022

Researchers investigate functional advantages of traveling brain waves during working memory

After more than a century of study, the significance of brain waves – the coordinated, rhythmic electrical activity of groups of brain cells – is still not fully known. An especially underappreciated aspect of the phenomenon is that waves spatially propagate, or "travel," through brain regions over time.

31 Jan 2022