News tagged with limb
From fins to limbs
Tonight Cambridge vertebrate palaeontologist Professor Jenny Clack is the subject of BBC Four’s Beautiful Minds series. The programme looks at her contribution to our understanding of early tetrapods ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 12, 2012 |
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A small step for lungfish, a big step for the evolution of walking
The eel-like body and scrawny "limbs" of the African lungfish would appear to make it an unlikely innovator for locomotion. But its improbable walking behavior, newly described by University of Chicago scientists, ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Japan firm unveils robot suit for nuclear workers
The Japanese maker of an exoskeleton robot suit to assist walking on Monday unveiled a model that could help nuclear workers weighed down by heavy anti-radiation vests in contaminated zones.
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Researchers build transparent, super-stretchy skin-like sensor (w/ video)
Imagine having skin so supple you could stretch it out to more than twice its normal length in any direction - repeatedly - yet it would always snap back completely wrinkle-free when you let go of it. You ...
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Running robot: MABEL is now the world's fastest two-legged robot with knees (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A robot in a University of Michigan lab can run like a human -- a feat that represents the height of agility and efficiency for a two-legged machine. With a peak pace of 6.8 miles per hour, ...
Aug 16, 2011 |
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New contrast agents detect bacterial infections with high sensitivity and specificity
A new family of contrast agents that sneak into bacteria disguised as glucose food can detect bacterial infections in animals with high sensitivity and specificity. These agents -- called maltodextrin-based ...
Jul 18, 2011 |
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Disabled Japanese man begins robo-suit adventure
A disabled Japanese man on Friday embarked on an ambitious trip that will take him to a mediaeval French World Heritage site with the help of a cutting-edge robotic suit.
Jul 01, 2011 |
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Small Asian dinosaur actually a juvenile tyrannosaur, not separate species, researchers say
New research from Montana State University's Museum of the Rockies is helping unravel the evolutionary history of the iconic tyrannosaurid dinosaurs, according to MSU scientists who reviewed past findings ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Man celebrates 85 years of living with diabetes
(AP) -- When Bob Krause turned 90 last week, it was by virtue of an unflagging determination and a mentality of precision that kept his body humming after being diagnosed with diabetes as a boy.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 30, 2011 |
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Zebrafish regrow fins using multiple cell types, not identical stem cells
What does it take to regenerate a limb? Biologists have long thought that organ regeneration in animals like zebrafish and salamanders involved stem cells that can generate any tissue in the body. But new ...
May 16, 2011 |
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Laser printing speeds parts on demand to manufacturers
Pull into the auto repair shop with a smashed bumper, and there's no wait while they order a replacement. Instead, the technician downloads specifications from the manufacturer's database. You both watch as a laser beam probing ...
Apr 27, 2011 |
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Calif. woman shows off newly transplanted hand
(AP) -- For the first time in five years, Emily Fennell has two hands.
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Ryerson students invent breakthrough brain-controlled prosthetic arm
Two Ryerson University undergraduate biomedical engineering students are changing the world of medical prosthetics with a newly developed prosthetic arm that is controlled by brain signals. The Artificial ...
Mar 30, 2011 |
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New approach to adding study drug to chemo for melanoma treatment
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have just completed a clinical trial that showed it is possible to study a new combination of drugs against a melanoma recurrence that has not spread beyond a limb. Using a fairly ...
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Taking brain-computer interfaces to the next phase (w/ Video)
You may have heard of virtual keyboards controlled by thought, brain-powered wheelchairs, and neuro-prosthetic limbs. But powering these machines can be downright tiring, a fact that prevents the technology ...
Feb 17, 2011 |
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