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  • 2 months ago | noemamag.com | Sally Adee

    Credits Sally Adee is an author and freelance science writer living in London. Her book, “We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body’s Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds,” was published in 2023. Photographs courtesy of the Eden Project. From a snarl of roots that grip dry, shallow soil, the knobbly trunk of an ancient olive tree twisted into a surprisingly lush crown of dense, silvery-green leaves.

  • Oct 17, 2024 | spectrum.ieee.org | Sally Adee

    Imagine you’re a baby cocoa plant, just unfurling your first tentative roots into the fertile, welcoming soil. Somewhere nearby, a predator stirs. It has no ears to hear you, no eyes to see you. But it knows where you are, thanks in part to the weak electric field emitted by your roots. It is microscopic, but it’s not alone. By the thousands, the creatures converge, slithering through the waterlogged soil, propelled by their flagella.

  • Oct 16, 2024 | spectrum.ieee.org | Sally Adee

    Over the past 20 years, technological advances have enabled inventors to go from strength to strength. And yet, according to the legendary inventor Dean Kamen, innovation has stalled. Kamen made a name for himself with inventions including the first portable insulin pump for diabetics, an advanced wheelchair that can climb steps, and the Segway mobility device. Here, he talks about his plan for enabling innovators. How has inventing changed since you started in the 1990s?

  • Jul 24, 2024 | technologyreview.jp | Sally Adee

    2010年代初期、電気は診察室を乗っ取ろうとしているかのように見せた。神経系が免疫反応をどのようにコントロールしているかについての研究が、注目を浴びていたのだ。それにより、まるで免疫系がコンピューターのように再プログラム可能であるかのように、身体の回路をハッキングし、関節リウマチ、喘息、糖尿病といった多数の慢性疾患を抑制できるかもしれないという可能性が開かれた。 そのためには、新しい種類のインプラント(体内に埋め込む医療デバイス)が必要だった。それが2013年にネイチャー誌で正式に紹介された「電子薬(electroceutical)」だ。「私たちは医薬品に代わるデバイスを開発しています」。論文の共著者である神経外科医のケビン・トレイシー博士は、ワイアード(Wired)英国版の誌面でこう語った。これが「医療の中心」になるはずだった。厄介な副作用はもう起こらない。1つの医薬品の効果が個人間で異なるかもしれないと推測する必要もなくなる。...

  • Jun 29, 2024 | muyinteresante.com | Sally Adee

    Desde los albores de la humanidad, el misterio de la electricidad ha fascinado e intrigado a mentes curiosas. En el siglo XVIII, dos gigantes de la ciencia, Luigi Galvani y Alessandro Volta, se enfrentaron en un épico debate que cambiaría para siempre nuestra comprensión de la bioelectricidad. Galvani, un anatomista y fisiólogo, descubrió que las patas de las ranas muertas se contraían al ser tocadas por un bisturí durante una tormenta eléctrica.

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Sally Adee
Sally Adee @Sally_Adee
14 Feb 25

First it was the plants that seemed to be unaccountably smart. Then came the fungi, the bacteria, the paramecia, the cells -- evidence is piling up that things can do brainy things without having brains. But what does it all mean? My latest for @Noema https://t.co/D8U0DNJiwS

Sally Adee
Sally Adee @Sally_Adee
5 Dec 24

RT @IntEngineering: Breakthrough proton battery beats lithium limit, boasts 3,500 charging cycles https://t.co/xApIj5wVcI

Sally Adee
Sally Adee @Sally_Adee
28 Jun 24

Can the hive mind please help me with a dead end? I'm looking for info on a 70s-era researcher called Jean Pierre Biscar. He was a physics prof at U of Wyoming from 1969-75. If you know someone who knew him, or understood his theories, please get in touch [email protected]