by Kim Krieger, University of Connecticut UConn researchers have developed a way of charging deep brain stimulators that don’t require the battery power that’s currently standard. Credit: University of Connecticut Implantable deep brain stimulators can help many people with neurological and psychiatric disease when traditional treatments fail. But surgery every time the batteries need to...
by Michel Demuynck, The Conversation Whenever we eat, speak or yawn, the movement of our jaw deforms the ear canal. These deformations could be converted into electrical energy used to power in-ear technology. Credit: Shutterstock Hearing aids are essential for people with hearing loss. But hearing aids have an Achilles heel: their power supply is...
IMAGE: NEW RESEARCH FROM UVA’S ZHEN YAN, PHD, AND COLLEAGUES REVEALS HOW OUR CELLS SENSE PROBLEMS AND PERFORM QUALITY CONTROL ON CELLULAR “BATTERIES” KNOWN AS MITOCHONDRIA. YAN HAS SPENT MANY YEARS SEEKING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE WORKINGS OF MITOCHONDRIA, AND HE CALLS THE NEW DISCOVERY THE MOST EXCITING OF HIS CAREER. CREDIT: DAN ADDISON |...
