Researchers Capture Images of Newborns’ Lungs as They Take Their Very First Breaths – ScienceAlert

Nothing fills a parent with relief like the sound of their newborn’s cry. That first gulp of air defines such a critical moment in our lives, and yet strangely happens to be one of the least understood of any human behaviour.
Most of what we know about the physiological activity inside the lungs during a first breath comes either from pre-clinical studies often involving animals or through invasive observations that risk interfering with natural lung functions.
Now, using a delicate sensor-belt…

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