News tagged with muscle architecture

Study explores 'garbage disposal' role of VCP and implications for degenerative disease

It's important to finish what you start, say Jeong-Sun Ju and researchers from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis. In the December 14, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology, Ju et al. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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The secret to chimp strength

February's brutal chimpanzee attack, during which a pet chimp inflicted devastating injuries on a Connecticut woman, was a stark reminder that chimps are much stronger than humans—as much as four-times stronger, some researchers ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0




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Quad-core Snapdragon S4 is firing up for laptop wars

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google is moving toward social; Facebook is moving to search; and now the chip kings are doing a similar dance into different territory. Intel is muscling in on smartphones and Qualcomm wants ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 14 | with audio podcast report

High-resolution mapping of the 3D organization of chromosomes

In collaboration with researchers from the Weizmann Institute in Israel, a team from the Institut de Génétique Humaine (CNRS, France) has, for the first time, revealed the detailed three-dimensional ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers discover critical rotational motion in cells

In a study that holds major implications for breast cancer research as well as basic cell biology, scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered a rotational motion ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

How the fly flies: Scientists discover gene switch responsible for flight muscle formation

Flies are real flight artists, although they only have small wings compared to their body size. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, recently identified ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New mitochondria mechanism identified

A team of researchers led by the University of Freiburg in Germany has identified a novel mechanism that plays a key role in the architecture and functioning of mitochondria - the power plants of the cell, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanoscale whiskers from sea creatures could grow human muscle tissue

Nanoscale whiskers from sea creatures could grow human muscle tissue

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 11, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Versatile ultra-low power biomedical signal processor

At today’s International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC2011), imec, Holst Centre and NXP present a versatile ultra-low power biomedical signal processor, CoolBio, meeting the requirements of future ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers tap into cell power to create building 'skins' that adapt to heat/light of environment

Engineers, design architects and cell biologists from the University of Pennsylvania will use a National Science Foundation grant to utilize the flexibility and sensitivity of human cells as the models for ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Optical interface to link robotic limbs, human brain

Lightning-fast connections between robotic limbs and the human brain may be within reach for injured soldiers and other amputees with the establishment of a multimillion-dollar research center led by Southern ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ancient 'terror bird' used powerful beak to jab like an agile boxer (w/ Video)

The ancient "terror bird" Andalgalornis couldn't fly, but it used its unusually large, rigid skull -- coupled with a hawk-like hooked beak -- for a fighting strategy reminiscent of boxer Muhammad Ali. The ag ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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