Tag: Biomechanics
Babies almost all try crawling to get from Point A to...
Mark Geil, Kennesaw State University
Infant milestones can be a source both of pride and anxiety for a new...
Fish fins are teaching us the secret to flexible robots and...
Francois Barthelat, University of Colorado Boulder
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
We used peanuts and a climbing wall to learn how squirrels...
Lucia F. Jacobs, University of California, Berkeley; Nathaniel Hunt, University of Nebraska Omaha, and Robert J. Full, University of California, Berkeley
Robo-boot concept promises 50% faster running
David Braun, Vanderbilt University
No matter how well designed, there are no running shoes that allow runners to keep up with cyclists. The bicycle was...
Stiff muscles are a counterintuitive superpower of NBA athletes
Philip Anloague, University of Dayton
For most people, the term “stiffness” has negative connotations. When you wake up in the morning complaining of a “stiff...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
