News tagged with muscle activity
Microsoft Researchers Developing Muscle-Based PC Interface (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft researches have teamed up with the University of Washington and the University of Toronto to develop a muscle-controlled interface that allows for hands-free, gesture-driven interaction ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 30, 2009 |
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How cobras form hood flares
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cobras, and several other groups of unrelated snakes, form a menacing hood flare by expanding the sides of their necks as part of a defensive display. Now scientists in the US have identified ...
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Heart attacks: The tipping point
Twenty percent of American deaths each year are caused by heart attack or angina, sometimes without any warning.
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Acting out while asleep: a strange sleep disorder
During the day, Lawrence Neumann was a mild mannered man, considerate, kind and loving to his wife of many years, Bonnie.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 09, 2010 |
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Special brain wave boost slows motion
Researchers have found that they can make people move in slow motion by boosting one type of brain wave. The findings offer some of the first proof that brain waves can have a direct influence on behavior, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Olympic gold? A new effect of caffeine boosts performance
New research shows increased muscle performance in sub-maximal activities, which in humans can range from everyday activities to running a marathon.
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Muscling toward a longer life: Genetic aging pathway identified in flies
Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have identified a set of genes that act in muscles to modulate aging and resistance to stress in fruit flies.
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Could gene tests tell if kids can be sports stars?
Was your kid born to be an elite athlete? Marketers of genetic tests claim the answer is in mail-order kits costing less than $200.
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Light workout: Scientists use optogenetics to effectively stimulate muscle movement in mice
Researchers at Stanford University were able to use light to induce normal patterns of muscle contraction, in a study involving bioengineered mice whose nerve-cell surfaces are coated with special light-sensitive proteins.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 26, 2010 |
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New research provides new insight into age-related muscle decline
If you think the air outside is polluted, a new research report in the September 2009 issue of the journal Genetics might make you to think twice about the air inside our bodies too. That's because researchers show how ab ...
Sep 22, 2009 |
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The molecular mechanism of stretch activation in insect muscle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Flying insects are among the most successful species on our planet. Flight is very metabolically demanding and many insects have found a clever way to reduce energy costs in their flight muscles ...
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Birds 'flap run' instead if flying over obstacles to save energy
Why don't you ever see baby pigeons? For the same reason you don't see many chicks: they can't fly. It can take months for their partially developed wings and flight muscles to become airworthy, and by then the youngsters ...
Jun 23, 2011 |
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Land on your toes, save your knees
Anterior cruciate ligament injuries are a common and debilitating problem, especially for female athletes. A new study from UC Davis shows that changes in training can reduce shear forces on knee joints and could help cut ...
Aug 10, 2010 |
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Researchers shake up scientific theory on motor protein
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists led by the University of Leeds has shed new light on the little-understood motor protein called dynein, thought to be involved in progressive neurological ...
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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Antioxidants aren't always good for you and can impair muscle function, study shows
Antioxidants increasingly have been praised for their benefits against disease and aging, but recent studies at Kansas State University show that they also can cause harm.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 26, 2010 |
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