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Microsoft Researchers Developing Muscle-Based PC Interface (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft researches have teamed up with the University of Washington and the University of Toronto to develop a muscle-controlled interface that allows for hands-free, gesture-driven interaction ...


New research provides new insight into age-related muscle decline

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

If you think the air outside is polluted, a new research report in the September 2009 issue of the journal Genetics might make you to think twice about the air inside our bodies too. That's because researchers show how ab ...


How embryo movement stimulates joint formation

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study uncovers a molecular mechanism that explains why joints fail to develop in embryos with paralyzed limbs. The research, published by Cell Press in the May issue of the journal Developmental Cell, answers a long ...


Dysport the newest wrinkle-stopping drug to hit market

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

There's a new wrinkle remover on the market. Late last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sanctioned Dysport for cosmetic and therapeutic use. Like Botox, it's an injectable drug derived from a botulinum toxin. ...


Zebrafish offer clues to treatments for motor neurone disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tiny zebrafish could hold the key to stem cell treatments for motor neurone disease.


Researchers shake up scientific theory on motor protein

Researchers shake up scientific theory on motor protein

Biology /

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists led by the University of Leeds has shed new light on the little-understood motor protein called dynein, thought to be involved in progressive neurological ...