News tagged with locomotion
New study further disputes notion that amputee runners gain advantage from protheses
Nov 04, 2009 |
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A study by six researchers, including a University of Colorado at Boulder associate professor and his former doctoral student, shows that amputees who use running-specific prosthetic legs have no performance ...
Tailoring physical therapy can restore more functions after neurological injury
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 21, 2009 |
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New research suggests a tailored approach to physical therapy after a neurological injury such as a stroke, traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury could help restore a wider variety of functions.
Why being big like an elephant puts a spring in your step
Sep 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Large, lumbering animals such as elephants move much more efficiently than small, agile ones such as mice, University of Manchester scientists have shown.
Why Winning Athletes Are Getting Bigger
Jul 17, 2009 |
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While watching swimmers line up during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, former Olympic swimmer and NBC Sports commentator Rowdy Gaines quipped that swimmers keep getting bigger, with the shortest one in ...
Natural-born divers and the molecular traces of evolution
Jun 29, 2009 |
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An aquatic lifestyle imposes serious demands for the organism, and this is true even for the tiniest molecules that form our body. When the ancestors of present marine mammals initiated their return to the oceans, their ...
Unifying The Animate And The Inanimate Designs Of Nature
Apr 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Living beings and inanimate phenomena may have more in common than previously thought.
Researchers learn why robots get stuck in the sand -- and how to keep them going (Video)
Feb 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Today's advanced mobile robots explore complex terrains across the globe and even on Mars, but have difficulty traversing sand and other granular media like dirt, rubble or slippery piles ...
