News tagged with leg movements

Tendons absorb shocks muscles won't handle

Anyone who has hiked down a mountain knows the soreness that comes a day or two after means the leg muscles have endured a serious workout. While the pain is real, it's not well understood how leg muscles ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Elephants move like 4x4s: scientists

Elephants' legs work like a four-wheel drive vehicle, making them probably unique in the animal kingdom, scientists said Tuesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Leg movement training in preterm infants demonstrates positive changes in motor skills

Preterm infants who receive leg movement training display feet-reaching behaviors similar to that of full-term infants, according to a randomized controlled trial reported in the October issue of Physical Therapy (PTJ), the sc ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Forget Segway: Honda introduces new UNI-CUB personal mobility device (w/ Video)

Honda Motor today unveiled the new UNI-CUB personal mobility device. Featuring a compact design and comfortable saddle, UNI-CUB offers the same freedom of movement in all directions that a person enjoys while ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 27 | with audio podcast

University research team creates augmented reality sandbox (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Most children at some point in their schooling are taught about the water table and many wind up being tasked with creating a model of some sort to represent how it all works. Some use clay, ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Navigating the shopping center

With a GPS receiver in your smartphone, you can navigate your way over highways and streets with certainty. But once you get inside a building, it provides no further assistance. That’s why Fraunhofer ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why women wiggling in high heels could help improve prosthetic limbs and robots

People walking normally, women tottering in high heels and ostriches strutting all exert the same forces on the ground despite very differently-shaped feet, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust ...

Biology / Other

created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Two-legged molecule: A small molecule moves independently along a track

(Phys.org) -- Within each of the cells in our bodies, and between individual cells, there are permanent transport processes occurring over distances ranging from a few nanometers to several millimeters. One ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Students invent device for the perfect bicep curl

To achieve buff biceps, proper form for strength-training exercises is key, and people often turn to professional trainers to correct them and prevent injury. Cornell student engineers have developed an alternative: ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

NASA satellite movie shows Great Plains tornado outbreak from space

Satellite data gives forecasters a leg up on severe weather. NASA has just released an animation of visible and infrared satellite data showing the development and movement of the Great Plains tornado outbreak, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

'Anywhere, anytime' 3D motion capture technology is child's play in Edinburgh

Revolutionary technology that creates 3D computer animations from real-life movements without the need for expensive 3D cameras will be tested by children visiting this year's Edinburgh International Science ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Study reveals why our ancestors switched to bipedal power

(PhysOrg.com) -- Our earliest ancestors may have started walking on two limbs instead of four in a bid to monopolise resources and to carry as much food as possible in one go, researchers have found.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Scientists image the charge distribution within a single molecule for the first time

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM scientists were able to measure for the first time how charge is distributed within a single molecule. This achievement will enable fundamental scientific insights into single-molecule ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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