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Chemistry World May 15, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Desktop printed paper electronics A team at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has found a way to print flexible circuits at room temperature. They used commercially available paper and equipment, with a few modifications. |
Chemistry World September 15, 2010 Lewis Brindley |
Gel electrodes show biomedical promise Composed of conductive polymers patterned onto slices of hydrogel, the biocompatible electrodes can function under wet conditions for up to a month - making them very useful in medical research. |
Chemistry World October 6, 2015 Tim Wogan |
Rolled-up electrodes record brain activity without scarring Ultra-flexible neural electrodes have been created that can more precisely measure brain activity without causing tissue scarring. |
Bio-IT World July 2005 |
DBS Model Full color illustrations of a deep brain stimulation system using a pulse generator in the chest and four electrodes in the brain. |
IEEE Spectrum May 2009 Prachi Patel |
Laser Probes for Brain Experiments Laser-activated probes stimulate brain cells better, say scientists |
Technology Research News June 16, 2004 |
Silicon Nanowires Grown in Place Researchers have found a way to grow nanowires between pairs of metal electrodes deposited on silicon wafers. |
Technology Research News December 3, 2003 |
Carbon boosts plastic circuits Researchers from the California Institute of Technology have devised an inexpensive way to add better-conducting organic source and drain electrodes to organic thin-film transistors. |
Technology Research News May 21, 2003 |
Magnesium batteries show mettle Researchers from Bar-Ilan University in Israel have developed rechargeable batteries made from magnesium, a cheap, abundant and relatively environmentally friendly metal. |
Chemistry World February 23, 2011 Laura Howes |
Capsules for safer and more reliable lithium ion batteries Capsules coated onto electrodes could mitigate potential problems with lithium ion batteries by turning the batteries off when they overheat and 'healing' the electrodes when they crack and degrade, according to a researcher in the US. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Sally Adee |
A "Manhattan Project" for the Next Generation of Bionic Arms Johns Hopkins researchers lead a nationwide effort to make a bionic arm that wires directly into the brain to let amputees regain motor control and feeling. |
Chemistry World September 22, 2014 David Bradley |
Molten metal batteries set to store grid power Storing electricity from intermittent, but renewable, sources such as wind and solar power and even from more conventional power stations, could allow national electrical grids to meet demand more consistently. |
Information Today September 2000 |
E Ink Agreement with Lucent Will Help Develop Electronic Paper Agreement may accelerate the time when e-books and newspapers resembling flexible plastic sheets will be available for millions of users. |
Chemistry World June 24, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Miniature battery a first for 3D printing Researchers in the US have created a lithium-ion battery the size of a grain of sand, the first to be manufactured by 3D printing. |
IEEE Spectrum October 2008 Willie D. Jones |
New Brain-Machine Interface Reactivates Monkey's Paralyzed Muscles A monkey learned to use the output of just one brain cell to move its wrist |
Wired March 2007 Steven Gulie |
A Shock to the System To slow the progress of Parkinson's disease, doctors planted electrodes deep in my brain. Then they turned on the juice. |
Chemistry World June 2, 2011 Tamsin Phillips |
Swimming with sensors Sensors printed onto the sleeves of wetsuits could alert the wearer to contaminated water. Navy divers could also use the sensors to locate underwater explosives, such as mines. |
Chemistry World December 7, 2011 Anne Horan |
Catalyst clears up corrosion UK scientists have developed a cheap way of cleaning tarnished metals in industry to prevent corrosion using a UV activated photocatalyst ink. The dirty surface can then simply be washed away with water. |
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Willie D. Jones |
Fiber to the Brain Nanotech researchers have devised a method for attaching electrodes to small clusters of brain cells -- or even individual neurons -- using the cardiovascular system as the conduit through which wires are threaded. |
Chemistry World August 14, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Origami Batteries Unfurled Scientists in the US have developed ultra-thin batteries by integrating carbon nanotubes into the structure of paper. |
Chemistry World April 2, 2009 Jon Cartwright |
Biological battery powers up Scientists in the US have created a rechargeable 'lithium ion' battery with the help of a genetically programmed virus that acts as a scaffold for highly conductive electrodes. |
Chemistry World July 22, 2013 Rowan Frame |
Flexible supercapacitors for portable electronics Scientists from Germany have created a supercapacitor that is just 50 nanometers thick and less than 5 millimeters wide. The tiny supercapacitor has been successfully integrated into miniaturized, flexible electronic circuits. |
IEEE Spectrum May 2008 Morgen E. Peck |
Scheme to Let Robot Take Over Brain-Computer Interface MEMS-based system could position electrodes in brain tissue to improve neural prosthetics. |
Chemistry World August 8, 2012 James Urquhart |
Liquid Gallium Lights Up US researchers have developed a nanomoulding technique for patterning liquid gallium that enables surface plasmons to become excited using visible light. |
IEEE Spectrum June 2008 Morgen E. Peck |
A Chip to Better Control Brain Stimulators for Parkinson's Michigan engineers are developing a closed-loop deep-brain stimulation device for Parkinson's disease that would listen to the brain while stimulating it |
Chemistry World June 20, 2010 Jon Cartwright |
Carbon nanotubes boost battery power Researchers in the US claim to have created electrodes from carbon nanotubes that can make lithium-ion batteries some ten times more powerful than conventional models. |
Science News Nathan Seppa |
Book Review: Deep Brain Stimulation: A New Treatment Shows Promise In The Most Difficult Cases By Jamie Talan / Science News Jamie Talan describes brain surgery aimed at addressing movement disorders and zeros in on deep-brain stimulation, a cutting-edge treatment in which doctors implant electrodes. |
Chemistry World January 9, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Disorder opens up battery material field Better lithium-ion batteries that hold more power could be made by introducing disorder into their electrodes -- going against the prevailing wisdom on the best way to improve them. |
IEEE Spectrum April 2008 Sally Adee |
Mastering the Brain-Computer Interface Engineers are learning to translate between the neural signals of the brain and the machine language of a prosthetic arm. |
Technology Research News June 4, 2003 |
DNA part makes transistor Researchers from the University of Lecce in Italy and the University of Bologna in Italy have produced a transistor made from a derivative of one of the four bases that make up DNA. |
Smithsonian January 2007 Eric Jaffe |
The Tattoo Eraser A company formed by a group of scientists aims to re-write tattoo removal history, and to wipe out any unwanted tattoos along the way. The researchers have created body art that can be removed in full with a single laser treatment. |
Chemistry World October 13, 2011 Fay Nolan Neylan |
Fluoride Shuttle Batteries Lift Off Scientists in Germany say that a rechargeable battery that works on the basis of fluoride transfer between electrodes could have a better storage capacity than current batteries. |
PC Magazine April 28, 2004 Sebastian Rupley |
Digital Paper Display Yes, those are Japanese characters on Sony's LIBRIe e-book reader ($380 street), the first commercial product using Philips' and E Ink's electronic ink display technology. |
Technology Research News June 18, 2003 Kimberly Patch |
Prefab key to molecular memory Nano-devices promise to use molecules as super-fast computer circuits, store fantastic amounts of information in a minuscule area and sense minute amounts of chemicals and biological materials. Researchers have brought these possibilities a step closer. |
Chemistry World March 19, 2014 Hazel Neighbour |
Analytical tools made from ordinary office paper Commonplace equipment can turn office paper into cheap, portable and disposable electrochemical devices that are ideal for using in remote locations. |
Chemistry World June 12, 2014 Jennifer Newton |
Superelastic battery Lithium ion batteries that can be stretched by 600% have been unveiled by scientists in China. |
Technology Research News April 21, 2004 |
Printer Writes Micro 3D Objects University of Illinois researchers have come up with a new type of quick-setting three-dimensional ink that works a bit like a microscopic tube of toothpaste. |