News tagged with upright position

Giving birth: Upright positions shorten first-stage labor

Lying down during the early stages of childbirth may slow progress, according to a new systematic review. Cochrane Researchers found that the first stage of labour was significantly shorter for women who kneel, stand up, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Mysterious 'monster' discovered by amateur paleontologist

(Phys.org) -- Around 450 million years ago, shallow seas covered the Cincinnati region and harbored one very large and now very mysterious organism. Despite its size, no one has ever found a fossil of this ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (25) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Microsoft unveils Windows 8 for consumer testing (Update)

Microsoft on Wednesday let consumers start trying out its upcoming touch-based Windows 8 operating system, which aims to power a new wave of computer tablets and traditional PCs designed to counter Apple's ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 9

Leaping lizards, dinosaurs have a message for robots: Get a tail

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Berkeley, biologists and engineers including undergraduate and graduate students studied how lizards manage to leap successfully even when they slip and stumble, ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Testing Orion space capsule

(PhysOrg.com) -- Testing continues at NASA Langley Research Center as the 18,000-pound (8,165 kg) Orion test article took its eight and final splash of the year into the Hydro Impact Basin on Dec. 13. Orion, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Experts stumped by ancient Jerusalem markings

Mysterious stone carvings made thousands of years ago and recently uncovered in an excavation underneath Jerusalem have archaeologists stumped.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (24) | comments 88

SpaceX says 'reusable rocket' could help colonize Mars

The US company SpaceX is working on the first-ever reusable rocket to launch to space and back, with the goal of one day helping humans colonize Mars, founder Elon Musk said Thursday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (22) | comments 64

Review: Seeking a keyboard that enhances the iPad

(AP) -- The great thing about using an iPad is that you can tote around a skinny device instead of lugging your laptop. The bad thing is that the iPad's virtual keyboard isn't great for extended typing sessions. ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Riding the design wave

Chris Fox’s first-hand experience of the risks associated with water sports led him to design a self-inflating life jacket, which has just won a coveted James Dyson Award.

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The decoding of slowness: Zoologists find out how sloths perfected energy saving

Zoologists of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena found out how sloths move and how their locomotive system adapted to their unhurried lifestyle in the course of evolution.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Miniaturized power modules for aircraft bodies

Aircraft maintenance can be time consuming and expensive. It is much simpler if the airplane itself reports, where maintenance is required. The best solution is an approach for the sensor network, which even ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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