A University of Houston engineering professor is warning that implanted cuff electrodes — widely used in therapy for epilepsy, depression and inflammatory disorders — could trigger unintended nerve stimulation for patients undergoing an MRI scan.
UH professor Elena Grigoenko is challenging the notion that specific reading disorder stems from a single faulty gene in the brain, suggesting that it is caused by an overall brain network vulnerability.
A University of Houston engineer has found that lithium dendrites—hazardous growths inside lithium-ion batteries that power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles—are unexpectedly strong and brittle, signaling a need to rethink future battery design.