Many medical devices, ranging from artificial hip joints to dentures and catheters, can come with unwelcome guests – complex communities of microbial pathogens called biofilms that are resistant to the human immune system ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 2, 2011
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Radio-frequency technology developed at the University of Pittsburgh that uses human tissue instead of air as a conduit for radio waves is the basis of the first electronic "tag" system designed to track and monitor orthopaedic ...
Engineering
Jun 10, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a first-of-its-kind study comparing human walking and running motions – and whether the hips, knees or ankles are the most important power sources for these motions – researchers at North Carolina ...
Other
May 25, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new dinosaur named Brontomerus mcintoshi, or "thunder-thighs" after its enormously powerful thigh muscles, has been discovered in Utah, USA. The new species is described in a paper recently published in ...
Archaeology
Feb 23, 2011
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A study comparing a University of Pennsylvania method for evaluating a dog's susceptibility to hip dysplasia to the traditional American method has shown that 80 percent of dogs judged to be normal by the traditional method ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 2, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronauts spending months in space lose significant bone strength, making them increasingly at risk for fractures later in life.
Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2009
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