News tagged with active electrode

Researchers develop graphene supercapacitor holding promise for portable electronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrochemical capacitors (ECs), also known as supercapacitors or ultracapacitors, differ from regular capacitors that you would find in your TV or computer in that they store substantially ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (25) | comments 30 | with audio podcast

ONR develops capability to understand effects of underwater pressure on divers

Reaching a new threshold in underwater medical studies, the Office of Naval Research (ONR), today announced a novel capability for examining how cells work at pressures far below the sea surface.

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Batteries charge quickly and retain capacity, thanks to new 3D nanostructure

The batteries in Illinois professor Paul Braun's lab look like any others, but they pack a surprise inside.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 20, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (23) | comments 63 | with audio podcast

Atmospheric pressure plasma jet from a grounded electrode

Because they are portable and easy to operate at ambient temperatures, cold atmospheric pressure plasma jets (APPJs) should find innovative applications in biomedicine, materials science and fabrication industries. ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Second language learners recall native language when reading

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adults fluent in English whose first language is Chinese retrieve their native language when reading in English, according to new research in the June 2 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. This study sugges ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

New device may enable limbs to be controlled by thought alone

(PhysOrg.com) -- A portable, plugless, brain-to-computer interface using electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes strapped to the scalp has been developed by a team in the US. The device may allow paraplegics ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Mind-reading computers turn heads at high-tech fair

Devices allowing people to write letters or play pinball using just the power of their brains have become a major draw at the world's biggest high-tech fair.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 6

To see or not to see

How do the visual images we experience, which have no tangible existence, arise out of physical processes in the brain? New research at the Weizmann Institute of Science provided evidence, for the first time, that an 'ignition' ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How to read brain activity?

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the very first time, scientists show what EEG can really tell us about how the brain functions.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Microsoft Researchers Developing Muscle-Based PC Interface (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft researches have teamed up with the University of Washington and the University of Toronto to develop a muscle-controlled interface that allows for hands-free, gesture-driven interaction ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 2 weblog

Researchers Develop Wireless Method of Brain Stimulation

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new, wireless method of brain stimulation has the potential to activate specific regions of the brain or restore function to damaged or cut nerves, according to a study by Case Western Reserve ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1