News tagged with exercise session

Regular sprints boost metabolism

A regular high-intensity, three-minute workout has a significant effect on the body’s ability to process sugars. Research published in the open access journal BMC Endocrine Disorders shows that a brief but intense exerci ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 6




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NOAA sought magician, now wants plans to disappear

(AP) -- A federal agency needs illusionist David Copperfield to help escape from criticism over now-canceled plans to hire a speaker to train agency leaders using "magic tools."

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Intelligent, affordable rehab robot to help stroke patients

Rehabilitation is crucial after a stroke. Yet patients don’t always do their exercises because they’re boring or difficult to do at home.

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise has benefits, even when it's done in space

Astronauts have been taking part in short spaceflight missions since 1961. They have only recently begun to spend significantly longer times in space, with missions extending for months, since the days of the Russian Mir ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Anti-atomic fingerprint': Physicists manipulate anti-hydrogen atoms for the first time (Update)

The ALPHA collaboration at CERN in Geneva has scored another coup on the antimatter front by performing the first-ever spectroscopic measurements of the internal state of the antihydrogen atom. Their results ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (30) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

UN rights chief voices concern over Internet restrictions

United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay on Wednesday expressed concern about Internet restrictions and the arbitrary detention of bloggers.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

U-M architecture student builds a tent for the ultimate test: survival

Andrew McCarthy didn't know how to sew five weeks ago. But that didn't stop the University of Michigan graduate student in architecture from stitching up his own tent for a thesis project.

Technology / Other

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Middle school teachers, students stay after school to work on science, engineering projects

The School of Education at Virginia Tech and the College of Education at University of Kentucky were awarded $1.3 million from the National Science Foundation to implement and evaluate an inquiry-based after-school ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA Goddard spacecraft cleanroom goes green

When it launches in 2014, NASA's new Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission will give scientists unprecedented insights into a little-understood physical process at the heart all space weather. This process, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 14, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Study shows family solution to teen troubles

(PhysOrg.com) -- How do you keep at-risk teens off drugs and out of trouble? According to a new University of Georgia study, family can make a difference.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 10

Greying Singapore taps robots, games in rehab

Six months ago, Singaporean retiree Soon Eng Sam, 70, suffered a stroke that paralysed the left side of his body.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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