Bungee-powered backpack can lighten your load, University of Pennsylvania researcher says
... sort of muscle and joint injuries associated with running while carrying heavy items. The Penn researchers ...g is twice as high as the static force, and during running it's three times as large, exerting extreme forces on the joints. The backpack shifts the timing of ...Four Arnoux's Beaked Whales observed from Polarstern expedition
... Peninsula where the major scientific work will be running Polarstern carried out more than 75 thirty-minute trawls. Length measurements, weight and gender determination, stomach content analyses and the removal of tiny ear bones for age structure analyses are done on board. The sum of the scientific data w...ORNL researchers, supercomputer have large roles in DOE projects
...mance of 18.5 teraflops and is especially adept at running scientific codes....Large size crucial for Amazon forest reserves
...urvey results from the world's largest and longest running experimental study of forest fragmentation the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, sponsored by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the Smithsonian Institution and the National Institute for Amazon Research, in Brazil. Fragm...First time ever: Witness the fitting of a POWER KNEE on the first VA patient to receive one
...sur. Mike has become quite the celebrity recently, running alongside President Bush at the White House and inspiring millions as he portrays the story of a soldier who has lost his leg in the war, in Lonestar's music video and smash hit "Mountains." Be the First: Never before has a VA patient been fit......A from thousands of people, to identify the genes running in families or populations which may increase susceptibility to skin cancer. The project coordinator is Professor Julia Newton-Bishop of the Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine. She explained: "We have identified four high-risk melanoma genes whic...UK-India success for University of Nottingham
...milar in size to a human hair, but have tiny holes running down their entire length giving them remarkable properties. Professor Trevor Benson, of the George Green Institute for Electromagnetics Research, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, leads the Nottingham team. He said: "International re...CESAR could hail cheaper and greener small aircraft
...oped it will ultimately lead to lower development, running and maintenance costs, while still ensuring good passenger safety and comfort, and lower environmental impact. In comparison to the latest breed of high-tech jumbo jets, which feature advanced electrical systems, small passenger aircraft tend to us...2006 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize awarded
...creating opportunity for young faculty and sort of running interference against old guard who don't want to see change," Vest said. "Fostering the careers of young people is a thrill. And second, I always enjoy what I call weaving webs knowing a little bit about what this person is interested in, what that ...HIV protein enlisted to help kill cancer cells
...grow very fast. So they are always on the verge of running out of natural ingredients like sugars, and mistakes are accumulating in their DNA," Hawkins says. "This results in signals telling cancer cells to die, but the cells don't quite have the permission they need to do it. Proteins like TAT-Bim can tip t...Cellulosic ethanol: Fuel of the future?
... emissions of greenhouse gases, not because we are running out of fossil fuels, he added. ''There are reserves of coal for 200 years at least, and coal can be liquefied into fuel, but it produces an awful lot of CO2,'' he explained. Biofuels, on the other hand, are carbon-neutral sources of energy, Somervi...Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky will discuss stress, health, Feb. 17 at AAAS meeting
...mple, something is intent on eating you and you're running for your life--versus what your body does when you're turning on the same stress response for months on end for purely psychosocial reasons." In the short term, he explained, stress hormones are "brilliantly adapted" to help you survive an unexpected...AGU Journal highlights -- February 23, 2007
...se cooling that masks greenhouse-gas warming By running a climate model with and without irrigation, researchers find that irrigation may cause regional cooling. The magnitude of the simulated effect varies strongly with season, evidenced by large dry-season decreases in monthly mean and maximum temperatu...Mellow in Europe, crazy in America
...rain. But, introduced into the United States, it's running amok ecologically, choking out native plants in wetlands. Once praised as a fine forage crop, the grass is now considered an invasive pest in about ten states and its range is growing. Studying this grass as a model, Jane Molofsky, associate profes...Third annual Templeton-Cambridge Fellowships awarded to 10 noted journalists
...t requires and deserves." The two-month program, running in June and July, begins with an initial week of preparatory study, followed by two weeks of intensive science and religion seminars at Queens' College at the University of Cambridge, June 9-22, conducted by renowned scholars, scientists, theologians...Researchers identify ovarian cancer biomarkers
...ified markers unique to the cells of blood vessels running through ovarian tumors. The finding, while preliminary, could one day improve screening, diagnosis and treatment for this disease. The team of researchers from the University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, and universities in Greece and I...Study: Long legs are more efficient
...nown for years that the energy cost of walking and running is related primarily to the work done by muscles t...sured how much oxygen each used during walking and running at various speeds.He found that the LiMB model explained more of a variation in locomotor cost than ...Pacific Rim researchers to collaborate on distributed bioinformatics analysis of avian flu
...GMA initiative. "We will be able to hit the ground running thanks to the shared expertise, interconnected cyberinfrastructure, grid-enabled software tools and student exchange programs that have emerged out of PRAGMA." Pacific Rim institutions collaborate in PRAGMA to develop grid-enabled applications and ...Experience affects new neuron survival in adult brain; study sheds light on learning, memory
..." environment, containing tunnels, shelters, and a running wheel. After several weeks, the researchers again exposed the mice in the same enriched experience. They discovered that the enriched experience increased new neuron survival and that more new neurons were activated by re-exposure to the same enviro...New science of metagenomics 'will transform modern microbiology'
...ommunity databases that would inform investigators running smaller experiments. In addition, the large studies would provide the "big science" appeal that is often useful in igniting public interest. The metagenomics research community will include scientists funded by many government agencies working on...