Essential tremor is one of the most common movement disorders, characterized by involuntary, rhythmic shaking movements, typically in hand, but sometimes the head, voice and legs. It often begins ...

In the 1987 classic film "RoboCop," the deceased Detroit cop Alex Murphy is reborn as a cyborg. He has a robotic body and a ...

With implants now capable of translating thoughts into words in just three seconds, the future is going to get very weird ...

For instance, surface electrodes are non-invasive and widely used in cardiac and neurological diagnostics, while needle electrodes are invasive and typically used for muscular and neurological ...

A self-powered, bioresorbable temporary pacemaker the size of a grain of rice has been developed by an international team of researchers. The device, which could potentially prevent lethal ...

(Dehydration and sun exposure don’t help here either.) Enter the acupuncture needle. “Cosmetic acupuncture stimulates the production of collagen by inserting specialised needles into specific points ...

A lumbar puncture is a medical practise whereby a thin needle is inserted into the lower back to collect and test cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)- the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord.

A fine needle aspiration (FNA) is a type of biopsy that involves drawing cells from the nodule using a thin needle. According to studies ... During this procedure, a small needle electrode is inserted ...

Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Inter-university Semiconductor Research Center, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea ...

Participants were already undergoing therapy for severe and persistent headaches, for which they had thin electrodes injected deep into their brains. This allowed Zhang and his colleagues to study ...

The painting shows a strange, mechanical figure standing on a thin, needle-like pedestal and has a rounded body, elongated neck, and hands on the sides. It is a machine-like entity with hands and ...