What do swimmers like trout, eels and sandfish lizards have in common? According to a new study, the similar timing patterns that these animals use to contract their muscles and produce undulatory swimming motions can be ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 4, 2013
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(Phys.org) —New research published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B demonstrates that the secret of bumblebees' capacity for lifting relatively heavy loads lies in the flexibility of their wings.
Plants & Animals
Mar 28, 2013
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Engineers at Harvard University have created a millionth-scale automobile differential to govern the flight of minuscule aerial robots that could someday be used to probe environmental hazards, forest fires, and other places ...
Engineering
Sep 2, 2010
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Dr. Li Shasha and Dr. Feng Haicheng from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators found evidence for the kinematic evolution of the broad-line region of active galactic nuclei.
Astronomy
Sep 13, 2022
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Brazilian astronomer Denilso Camargo has recently discovered five new globular clusters in the Milky Way's bulge that could offer essential clues on the formation and evolution of our galaxy's innermost regions. The newly ...
Astronomy
Nov 26, 2018
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Disney Research has created LinkEdit, interactive software for predictably changing the shape or motion of planar linkages used in such objects as kinetic sculptures, folding furniture and mechanical toys.
Computer Sciences
Aug 5, 2015
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Musicians execute their performances better when the non-verbal sensorimotor communication between conductor and musician is maximized, according to research published May 9 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.
Other
May 9, 2012
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The new research looked at walking and running techniques in dogs with fore-limb or hind-limb amputations, using a treadmill and a set of high-tech infra-red cameras.
Other
Jun 30, 2010
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University of Southampton academics are pioneering a new way of using motion capture technology to examine the way pianists play the piano.
Engineering
Jan 24, 2012
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