News tagged with hand strength

1st US 2-hand transplant patient yearns to feel

(AP) -- The nation's first double hand transplant patient can wriggle his new fingers a litte bit now and grab a tennis ball, but what he really wants to do is be able to feel his wife's hands when he holds ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gardening gives older adults benefits like hand strength and self esteem

Researchers at Kansas State University already have shown that gardening can offer enough moderate physical activity to keep older adults in shape.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Why the middle finger has such a slow connection

Each part of the body has its own nerve cell area in the brain -- we therefore have a map of our bodies in our heads. The functional significance of these maps is largely unclear. What effects they can have is now shown by ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Judder-free videos on the smartphone

Overloaded cellular networks can get annoying – especially when you want to watch a video on your smartphone. An optimised Radio Resource Manager will soon be able to help network operators accommodate heavy network ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Making nature's best better to produce biofuels

If a tree falls in the forest and there are no enzymes to digest it, does it break down?

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

3Qs: An Apple for the teacher - and student

Last week Apple announced two new eReader platforms – iBooks and iAuthor – that the electronics giant hopes will modernize learning and “reinvent textbooks.” Northeastern University news ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drug approved to treat cystic fibrosis' root cause

The first drug that treats the root cause of cystic fibrosis won approval Tuesday, offering a life-changing treatment for a handful of patients with the deadly illness and broader hope for thousands more patients with the ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Oxygen molecule survives to enormously high pressures

Using computer simulations, a Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany) researcher has shown that the oxygen molecule (O2) is stable up to pressures of 1.9 terapascal, which is about nineteen million times higher than atmosphere pressure. ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Scientists rediscover self-healing silicone mechanism from the 1950s

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research in self-healing organic polymers has grown recently, but one simple self-healing mechanism from more than 60 years ago has been nearly forgotten until now. Using this mechanism, which ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (25) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Researchers identify mechanism behind associative memory by exploring insect brains

A key feature of human and animal brains is that they are adaptive; they are able to change their structure and function based on input from the environment and on the potential associations, or consequences, ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Adolescents with autism spend free time using solitary, screen-based media

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) tend to be fascinated by screen-based technology. A new study by a University of Missouri researcher found that adolescents with autism spend the majority of their free time using ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Foot and ankle structure differs between sprinters and non-sprinters

The skeletal structure of the foot and ankle differs significantly between human sprinters and non-sprinters, according to Penn State researchers. Their findings not only help explain why some people are faster runners than ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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