News tagged with toes
World-first study shows thongs could be better for kids' feet than other shoes
Australia's favourite footwear is under the spotlight, with a new world-first study from the University of Sydney indicating thongs may not be as bad for children's feet as their reputation suggests.
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Researchers show elephants really do have a sixth toe
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes it seems, nature finds it must resort to some trickery to respond appropriately to changing conditions. Take the elephant, for example. Way back in time, say fifty million years ...
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Mummies' false toes helped ancient Egyptians walk
Two artificial big toes – one found attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy – may have been the world's earliest functional prosthetic body parts, says the scientist who tested replicas ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Feet may be the key to hand evolution
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Canada have used a mathematical model to simulate the evolution from an ape-like hand to the modern-day human hand, and discovered that changes in our fingers and hands developed ...
Jan 20, 2010 |
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Researchers tackle protein mechanisms behind limb regeneration
The most comprehensive study to date of the proteins in a species of salamander that can regrow appendages may provide important clues to how similar regeneration could be induced in humans.
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Protein-protein interaction explains vision loss in genetic diseases
The mystery of genetic disease is only partially solved with the identification of a mutated gene. Often, the pattern of disease - the features or disorders associated with it - vary in type and severity among those who are ...
May 10, 2009 |
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