News tagged with lifting bodies

Weight training boosts breast cancer survivors' body image and intimate relationship satisfaction

In addition to building muscle, weightlifting is also a prescription for self-esteem among breast cancer survivors, according to new University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine research. Breast cancer survivors who lift ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Flapping protective wings increase lift

New research from Lund University in Sweden reveals the value of carrying two layers of wings around. The researchers studied dung beetles and the way their protective forewings actually function. These wings do not only ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study reveals how ribosomes override their blockades

Ribosomes are "protein factories" in the cells of all living things. They produce proteins based on existing genetic codes stored on special nucleic acid molecules. These molecules, also called messenger RNA (mRNA) due to ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Image: Dream Chaser buffet wind tunnel model

(Phys.org) -- The Dream Chaser model with its Atlas V launch vehicle is undergoing final preparations at the Aerospace Composite Model Development Section's workshop for buffet tests at the Transonic Dynamics ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Orbital crew vehicle tested in Texas A&M's low-speed wind tunnel

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems has successfully completed wind tunnel testing of a scale model of the Dream Chaser® orbital crew vehicle in the Oran W. Nicks Low Speed Wind Tunnel at Texas ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Engineers scale-up production of biopolymer microthreads

Development of new therapies for a range of medical conditions—from common sports injuries to heart attacks—will be supported by a new production-scale microthread extruder designed and built by ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | 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

Swiss scientists demonstrate mind-controlled robot (Update)

(AP) -- Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone, a step they hope will one day allow immobile people to interact with their surroundings through ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Bats save energy by drawing in wings on upstroke: study

(Phys.org) -- Bat wings are like hands: meaty, bony and full of joints. A new Brown University study finds that bats take advantage of their flexibility by folding in their wings on the upstroke to save inertial ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

From beaker to bits: Collaboration creates computational model of human tissue

Computer scientists and biologists in the Data Science Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a rare collaboration between the two very different fields to pick apart a fundamental roadblock to ...

Biology / Other

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Jellyfish inspires latest ocean-powered robot (w/ video)

American researchers have created a robotic jellyfish, named Robojelly, which not only exhibits characteristics ideal to use in underwater search and rescue operations, but could, theoretically at least, never ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast


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