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Brain—Machine Interface: Insights on Sensorimotor Stability from the First Bilateral Microelectrode Array Implants in a Human
Nickl, RW et al. Characteristics and stability of sensorimotor activity driven by isolated-muscle group activation in a human with tetraplegia. Sci Rep 12, 10353 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13436-2
Wastewater-based epidemiology, or What can sewerage tell us about an ongoing pandemic?
We all produce and discharge excretions into the sewer. Correspondingly, sewerage can tell a lot about its contributory population. In the case of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater-based epidemiology can serve as a tool for population wide pathogen surveillance without compliance issues.
Biomimetic generation of the strongest known biomaterial found in limpet tooth
Limpet tooth has the highest known tensile strength of any known biological composite material. In our latest manuscript on limpet tooth, we chart new territory in marine invertebrate cell culture, developmental biology, transcriptomics and biomimetics with implications for sustainable technology.
