Whooping cough vaccines: a century of good science and bad
A hundred years ago, whooping cough killed more than one in every hundred children born in Europe. Eighty years ago, two women in Grand Rapids, Michigan, developed the vaccine that stopped it. All it took was years of working evenings and weekends, an army of volunteer healthcare workers and lab technicians funded by donations from …
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Brain-Machine Interfaces.
Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) are groundbreaking technologies designed to help people who have lost the ability to move or communicate — due, for example, to spinal cord injuries or strokes. These systems work by recording signals from the brain and translating them into commands that can control external devices, such as robotic arms or communication tools. …