30/03/2007 Verity Rowe

Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation recently published a series of articles on ‘Recent trends in robot-assisted therapy environments to improve real-life functional performance after stroke‘. The series, guest-edited by Dr Michelle Johnson, consists of nine articles focusing on new developments in neuro-rehabilitation after stroke to improve the effectiveness of robot-assisted stroke rehabilitation. The series is introduced by a commentary… Read more »

28/03/2007 Natasha Robshaw

A recent article published in BMC Biology explains how Dr J Martin Collinson and colleagues at Aberdeen University do not believe reports on the sightings of the ivory-billed woodpecker, believed extinct, in an Arkansas swamp in 2004. Collinson may doubt the existence of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker but media coverage of his article on the bird… Read more »