Apr 17 Engineers recreate ‘fishy’ locomotion By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy How do fish move? Engineers are trying to find out so they can make better underwater materials. Continue reading
Apr 08 Using ‘gooey’ caps and Bluetooth to keep Parkinson’s patients moving By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy For Parkinson’s sufferers, the connection between the brain and the body breaks down. The disease causes nerve cells to die, which leads to rigid movement and tremors. With the help of computer technology and the brain’s ability to rewire itself,… Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch atoms as they ‘hula hoop’ inside a molecule By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Have you ever seen molecules bond, break or hula hoop? Chemist Ara Apkarian has. He and his team at the University of California Irvine are developing the chemiscope, a laser-powered device to record images at a molecular level. The lasers… Continue reading
Jun 04 Movement Retraining Reduces Knee Pain EmbedVideo(3552, 482, 304); Roughly 50 percent of people show signs of arthritis in the knee, and scientists at Stanford University believe better walking habits can go a long way to alleviate the pain. Mark Cutkosky, a Stanford… Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch “Movement Retraining” Can Reduce Knee Pain Science Nation video on how changing the way you move can reduce knee pain. Continue watching
May 21 Mapping Alligator Genomes Is Risky Business EmbedVideo(3431, 480, 320); Science Nation looks for answers in crocodile DNA. Collecting DNA samples isn't easy when your subject could snap off your hand with one bite, but it's a risk David Ray -- a researcher at Mississippi… Continue reading
May 18 Watch Mapping the Genomes of Crocodiles and Alligators Science Nation video mapping genomes of alligators crocodiles and bats… Continue watching
May 08 Watch Science Nation: This Breathalyzer Reveals Signs of Disease Science Nation video about a breathalyzer test that looks for disease. Continue watching
May 08 Breathalyzer Detects Diseases From Diabetes to Cancer EmbedVideo(3340, 514, 320); Take a deep breath and exhale thousands of clues about your health. Perena Gouma and her team at Stony Brook University have developed a breathalyzer with a sensor chip that can detect diseases and disorders… Continue reading
Apr 09 Electric Knifefish Charged With Sixth Sense Electric eels generate enough voltage to stun their prey, but they're not the only electric creature in the water. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University believe that the so-called weakly electric knifefish uses its electric field as a sixth sense… Continue reading