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Cataracts May Increase Risk of Incident Dementia: A Prospective Cohort Study by Chinese Scholars
Are cataracts associated with dementia? Chinese scholars discovered through a prospective cohort study of more than 300,000 participants that cataracts can lead to structural changes and a reduction in size of the hippocampus, an important brain region associated with the visual cortex and cognition. Their research indicated that timely surgical treatment for cataract patients is […]
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Good Sleep, More Physical Activity, Fewer Sedentary Behaviors Can Reduce Risk of Dementia by 41%: A Cohort Study
Chinese medical experts discovered through a cohort study including more than 430,000 participants (median follow-up 9.0 years) that a combination of seven hours of sleep/day, moderate-to-high leisure-time physical activity (LPTA), and low-to-moderate sedentary behavior can reduce the risk of dementia by 41%. These three types of regulatory behaviors have a combined effect over the risk […]
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National Eyecare Day Seminar: Using transcription, cells and computation to analyze visual performance and abnormality
The 6th of June marked 2022 National Eyecare Day in China and the successful launch of a webinar on “Using transcription, cells and computation to analyze visual performance and abnormality”. The webinar was the first session of a series of online seminars celebrating “National Science and Technology Workers’ Day” created by the Chinese Neuroscience Society. […]
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Improving performance of polymer semiconductors with metal-ligand based mechanophores
Summary With the rise of wearable electronics, developing materials that withstand mechanical strain without losing electrical performance is crucial. Polymer-based field-effect transistors (FETs) are key components but often brittle due to rigid molecular structures needed for charge transport. A team led by Professor Zhenan Bao and Dr. Hung-Chin Wu at Stanford University addressed this by […]
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Strain-insensitive stretchable electronics for wearables
Summary Researchers led by Professor Zhenan Bao at Stanford University have developed intrinsically stretchable transistor arrays for wearable electronics, with high device density and strain insensitivity. The material maintains less than 5% performance variation under 100% strain, making it ideal for capturing physiological signals despite strain changes. The team introduced “elastiff” layers, using rigid and […]
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Stretchable Battery Underpinned by Supramolecular Chemistry
Summary Wearable electronics require flexible, safe, and high-performance energy storage. Traditional Li-ion batteries, which are rigid and contain flammable liquid electrolytes, are not ideal for such applications. A research team led by Professors Zhenan Bao and Yi Cui developed a new type of solid-state polymer electrolyte, incorporating a supramolecular network with dynamic hydrogen bonding to […]
