Swiss research group NeuroRestore have proven that electrical stimulation and intense physical therapy can restore the ability to walk for patients with chronic spinal injuries.
Physicists from the University of Arkansas have demonstrated a circuit that captures the thermal motion of graphene to provide limitless, clean, low voltage power.
Neoplants have developed a genetically modified houseplant that can scrub the air of volatile organic compounds (VOC), specifically formaldehyde (HCHO) and benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX), which are present indoors from paints, coatings, chemicals, cooking & smoking.
Researchers in Melbourne grew a dish of neurons, attached an electrode feedback system to them, and observed them learning how to play pong, at least in a statistically significant way.
Scientists at McGill University in Canada have developed a hydrogel bandage that can be bonded to the skin using ultrasound. The application of ultrasound to the bandage stimulates micro-bubbles that bond the hydrogel molecules to the skin.
Scientists from Michigan State University have discovered that locusts can not only smell cancer cells, but changes in their brain activity that can be measured also change depending on the type of cancer cell that they smell. Harnessing this diagnostic capability could allow large scale early stage cancer detection.
Scientists at the University of Texas stored an encrypted version of The Wizard of Oz in 256 bits of data encoded within polymers of ink. The ink was used to write a letter, which can later be decoded using depolymerization and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry equipment.
