Stanford researchers have developed a device to activate neurons of the brain, spinal cord or limbs in mice and, is powered wirelessly using the mouse’s own body to transfer energy. The device is…
Unusual magnetic behavior observed at a material interface
An exotic kind of magnetic behavior, driven by the mere proximity of two materials, has been analyzed by a team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere using a technique called spin-polarized neutron…
Researchers developed a 3d printed spinal implant
Researchers at RMIT University have collaborated with a medical device company and a neurosurgeon to successfully deliver a 3D printed vertebral cage to a patient with severe back pain. For a couple…
Mobile phones could save us from obesity
A world-first intervention designed by Charles Perkins Centre researchers specifically for young people found mobile phones could improve health and halt weight gain. Mobile phones could be the golden ticket to halting…
Mother robot can build and test its own children
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have observed the process of evolution by natural selection at work in robots, by constructing a ‘mother’ robot that can design, build and test its own…