Preventing hydrogen vehicle aging during sudden stops
Engineers enhance hydrogen fuel cell durability via tungsten oxide coating.
Science & Technology
Use it or lose it: New robotic system assesses mobility after stroke
Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability worldwide. Each year more than 15 million people worldwide have strokes, and three-quarters of stroke survivors will experience impairment, weakness and paralysis in their arms and hands. Many stroke su…
New ‘patch’ uses natural body motion to fix disc herniation
A tension-activated repair patch used in animal trials plugs holes in discs in the spine like car tire patches and could prevent further disease progression.
Smaller hippocampus linked to cognitive decline
With the rise of new drugs that can target the amyloid-beta plaques in the brain that are an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease, new ways are needed to determine whether memory loss and thinking problems are due to Alzheimer’s disease or another neurode…
Plants that survived dinosaur extinction pulled nitrogen from air
Ancient cycad lineages that survived the extinction of the dinosaurs may have done so by relying on symbiotic bacteria in their roots to fix atmospheric nitrogen. The finding came from an effort to understand ancient atmospheres, but became an insight …