Good Morning! 🌞 

Today, I challenge you to find the time to do this incredible 20 minute breathwork session, resetting your nervous system. It may seem like you don’t have the time to pause, breathe and reset for 20 minutes but that time invested in yourself will lead to a clearer mind, reduced stress, and increased productivity throughout the day, ultimately offsetting the “time lost”.

As the saying goes: Meditate for 15 minutes a day, unless you are very busy. In that case meditate for an hour 😉 

Innovation

Electric Bandage Accelerates Healing of Chronic Wounds

Researchers have created an affordable bandage that uses an electric field to accelerate the healing of chronic wounds. In animal tests, researchers found that mice treated with these electric bandages healed 30% faster than those treated with traditional bandages. The study was published in Science Advances.

"Our aim was to create an affordable technology that speeds up healing for patients with chronic wounds," said Amay Bandodkar, study co-author and assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at North Carolina State University, in a press release. "We also wanted the technology to be simple enough for people to use at home, rather than something that requires clinical administration." Chronic wounds are tissue injuries that fail to heal properly within three months, often leading to impaired function and anatomy.

These disposable bandages are activated by water and feature electrodes that contact the wound, with a battery placed on the outside. The battery generates an electric field lasting several hours, which accelerates the healing process.

"The electrical stimulation from the device sped up wound closure, promoted the formation of new blood vessels, and reduced inflammation—all of which contribute to improved wound healing," said Maggie Jakus, a co-first author and graduate student at Columbia University. The study notes that chronic wounds affect about 2% of the U.S. population, increasing the risks of amputation and mortality. Unfortunately, current treatments are often expensive, complex, and only moderately effective.

The research was conducted by a team of 17 scientists from Columbia University, North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina, Harvard Medical School, Georgia Institute of Technology, and other institutions.

According to the study, if the bandages can be successfully manufactured, they would only cost around $1.

Culture

If I Miss, No Homework!

I am not sure if they were excited or disappointed. 😆 

Environment

Rare Ocelot Sighting in Arizona

A recent animal sighting in Arizona has drawn attention: an ocelot, a small wildcat species, was recorded in the Atascosa Highlands of Southern Arizona's Coronado National Forest.

Native mostly to South and Central America, ocelots once ranged further north, including areas above the Rio Grande. The cat was captured on camera by one of 50 traps set by the Phoenix Zoo as part of a wildlife monitoring project. The slopes of the Tumacacori, Atascosa, and Pajarito mountains, covered in thornscrub and oak woodlands, provide ideal terrain for this nocturnal predator.

Kinley Ragan, the Phoenix Zoo's field research project manager, discovered the footage during a routine battery check, which required a 40-minute hike in 95-degree heat. "The ocelot video was one of the last I reviewed, and it gave me chills," Ragan said. "I couldn't believe it at first, but then I realized the significance of this discovery."

The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) confirmed that this is a new ocelot, identified through a pelage spot analysis. Ocelots have been listed as endangered in the United States since 1972 and are rarely seen in Arizona. This particular cat was observed in desert scrub at lower elevations than usual for ocelots in the state.

Another ocelot has been consistently recorded over the past year in the Huachuca mountain range, more than 50 miles away from this new sighting. A previous survey in the area identified 21 mammal species but no ocelots. With this new evidence, the zoo plans to conduct broader surveys and DNA analysis from nearby water sources to better understand the ocelot's presence in the area and possibly reveal more about this region of the American desert.

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Mind Stretchers

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