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Spirit Rover: Right-Front Wheel Rotations

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 18, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Spirit's right-front wheel, which had stopped operating in March 2006, revolved with apparently normal motion during the first three of four driving segments on Sol 2117 (Wednesday, Dec. 16) ...

Why newborn babies can't walk

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 18, 2009 | 3.9 / 5 (10) | 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first steps of an infant is a real milestone in the development of all mammals including humans, but little is known about why some animals can walk soon after birth, while others need ...

Orion Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor Lights Up Sky

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 17, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- It looked like a light show in Elkton, Md., on Tuesday, Dec. 15, as NASA ground tested a full-scale attitude control motor, or ACM. The motor operated with precision as its elaborate eight-valve ...

Within a cell, actin keeps things moving

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Dec 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using new technology developed in his University of Oregon lab, chemist Andrew H. Marcus and his doctoral student Eric N. Senning have captured what they describe as well-orchestrated, actin-driven, ...

Biking 2.0: MIT's big wheel in Copenhagen (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

Dec 16, 2009 | 3.9 / 5 (11) | 5

Yesterday, Dec. 15, at the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change, MIT researchers debuted the Copenhagen Wheel -- a revolutionary new bicycle wheel that not only boosts power, but can keep track of friends, ...

Scientists Shed New Light On Right Brain Activity

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 16, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 0

It’s a world first: thanks to new technology developed by the University of Victoria, Canada, researchers can now show how multiple parts of the right brain dynamically process spatial relationships.

Brain surgery evolves to destroy rogue blood vessels

Medicine & Health / Research

Dec 16, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over three decades, a world-recognized medical team at UC San Diego Medical Center has spurred the evolution of a complex surgery to destroy dangerous clusters of arteries and veins in the brain. Integrating ...

Critical communication for caregivers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Dec 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia represent an exponentially growing social and health care challenge for American families - not only family members who face the progressive brain disease, but also those who ...