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KINGSTON, R.I. – Dec. 22, 2022 – A University of Rhode Island endowed professor is in top-tier company this week ...

Assistant Professor Robert Rand received a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Research Program, an esteemed award for ...

Margarita Velandia, professor and interim head of the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Tennessee Institute ...

In the competition between brand name pharmaceuticals and their generic counterparts, drug companies use patent gamesmanship to their advantage, one ...

CHICAGO—December 16, 2022—Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech)  Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Scott T. M. Dawson has received a ...

Thursday, 15 December 2022: RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has announced the appointment of Professor Jarushka Naidoo as ...

CHICAGO—Illinois Institute of Technology Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Boris Pervan was awarded the 2022 Johannes Kepler Award by ...

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) honours University of Ottawa Professor Jan Grabowski with its prestigious 2022 SSHRC ...

University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture professor Andrew Muhammad has been awarded the 2022 Patrick J. Byrne Emerging Leadership Award ...

A human pregnancy lasts roughly nine months whereas in a mouse it only takes 20 days and in an elephant ...

□ The research team led by Professor Sanghoon Lee from the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering at DGSIT (President Yang Kuk) successfully developed a rotation-based triboelectric neuro-stimulator (RoTENS) capable of real-time modulations of stimulus parameters, including current amplitude, frequency, and pulse width.  Credit: DGIST □ The research team led by Professor Sanghoon Lee from the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering at DGSIT (President Yang Kuk) successfully developed a rotation-based triboelectric neuro-stimulator (RoTENS) capable of real-time modulations of stimulus parameters, including current amplitude, frequency, and pulse width.    □ Existing neurostimulators require additional steps when adjusting stimulus parameters in real time owing to the characteristics of its circuit-based system. In particular, changing the stimulus parameters while maintaining charge requires complex calculations and additional processes via electronic devices, resulting in low practicality.     □ Professor Sanghoon Lee’s research team at DGIST modified triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG), which generate electric energy via friction, to a rotation-based design, generating multiple pulses with a single rotation. In addition, various pulses can be modulated for neurostimulation by changing the electrode patterns in the TENG.   □ Owing to the charge-generation mechanism of TENG, RoTENG enables the control of the frequency and pulse width while maintaining a constant charge during rotation, allowing nerve stimulation while controlling stimulus parameters in real time. Furthermore, adjusting the interlayer distance allows for controlling the amplitude of the pulses, indicating that various stimulus parameters (frequency, pulse width, and amplitude) can be controlled.   □ In vivo animal experiments were performed to verify the clinical effectiveness of RoTENS. The physiological responses induced by modulating the stimulus parameters by RoTENS were observed during the stimulation of the right tibial nerve in rats. Varying the frequency (10-50 Hz) allowed the muscle to shift its physiological state smoothly from twitching to fused tetanus. Natural relaxation of the muscle was induced by changing the current amplitude via the distance between the two layers (0-6 mm). These results indicate that RoTENS is sufficient to induce the desired physiological response while creating a wide range of frequencies and amplitudes.   □ Professor Sanghoon Lee (Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, DGIST) said that preclinical trials with the newly developed neuro-stimulators proves that it is possible to control the stimulus parameters for neural stimulation in real time with rotational energy. We expect that technological advancements and further optimization research will lead to new opportunities and possibilities for the use of TENG as neurostimulators, such as immediate and intuitive sensory feedback to bionic limbs or exoskeletons, rehabilitation, and bioelectric medicine.   This research was supported by a National Research Foundation of Korea grant and Hugo Dynamics Korea Medical Device Development Fund grant. This paper was published by a renownd journal in the field of energy, Nano Energy.   Correspondent author's ...

Kyung Hwa Cho, Professor of Urban and Environmental Engineering at UNIST, has been honored with an excellence award for this ...

November 11, 2022 — The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Elias Bou-Harb, associate professor of cyber security in UTSA’s Carlos Alvarez ...

November 11, 2022 — The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Elias Bou-Harb, associate professor of cyber security in UTSA’s Carlos Alvarez ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2022 – AIP and the National Society of Black Physicists have awarded Trevor Rhone the 2022 Joseph ...

Embargoed until 7 a.m. CT / 8 a.m. ET Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 DALLAS, Oct. 28, 2022 – The American ...

Embargoed until 7 a.m. CT / 8 a.m. ET Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 DALLAS, Oct. 28, 2022 – The American ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO — Science shows that weight regain over time is common, but a new study — co-authored by ...

After consulting the University Council, the Board of Governors has today appointed Prof. Simone P. Niclou as Vice Rector of ...

High-income countries are experiencing unprecedentedly low and ever more polarised rates of fertility. This means, amongst other things, that the ...