Items tagged with motor

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Lab-Grown Nerves Promote Nerve Regeneration Friday, March 20th, 2009 - 10:30:31 - Anuradha Menon Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have engineered transplantable living nerve tissue that encourages and guides... read more

Jacket Lets You Feel the Movies Thursday, March 19th, 2009 - 16:17:34 - Anuradha Menon This week, researchers from Philips Electronics plan to describe a jacket they have lined with vibration motors to study the effects of touch on a... read more

The Side Effects of Parkinson's Treatment Friday, January 30th, 2009 - 10:34:42 - Anuradha Menon People with Parkinson's disease commonly suffer a slowing or freezing of movement caused by the death of neurons that make dopamine, a key chemical... read more

Tiny Motors May Help in Surgery Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 - 12:08:43 - Ehud Rattner Surgical procedures could soon be helped along with tiny robots, according to researchers. Miniaturisation of motors has not kept pace with that of... read more

Researchers Find Powerful, Nanoscale Motors Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 - 16:22:49 - Iddo Genuth Peering at structures only atoms across, researchers have identified the clockwork that drives a powerful virus nanomotor. Because of the motor's... read more

Researching Viral Powerful 'Molecular Motor' Sunday, December 28th, 2008 - 13:48:26 - Ehud Rattner Researchers have discovered the atomic structure of a powerful "molecular motor" that packages DNA into the head segment of some viruses during their... read more

China's First Plug-In Hybrid Car Rolls Out Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 - 14:32:40 - Anuradha Menon While U.S. automakers struggle to survive after the Senate rejected a bailout for Detroit, one company from China may be showing a way forward for... read more

Dysfunctional Human Astrocytes Kill Neurons Friday, December 5th, 2008 - 18:51:10 - Anuradha Menon Long thought of as mere bystanders, astrocytes are crucial for the survival and well-being of motor neurons, which control voluntary muscle... read more

Self-Stabilizing Electric Bicycle Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 - 14:07:50 - Anuradha Menon As every five-year-old knows, balancing on a bicycle is not as easy as it looks. But, as engineers know, getting a bicycle to balance by itself –... read more

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