Soothe the muscles in your shoulder with this $47.99 massager
The Electrothermal Vibration Massage Shoulder Support Belt is a wearable device to help soothe the muscles in your shoulder, and it's an extra 20% off through April 16 with code ENJOY20. TL;DR: This Electrothermal Vibration Massage Shoulder Sup.....»»
Wobbly gel mat trains muscle cells to work together
There's no doubt that exercise does a body good, including strengthening and toning our muscles. But how exactly does exercise make this happen?.....»»
Giants with microscopic muscles: New findings reveal the structure of the dexterous elephant trunk
A recent study investigated the musculature of the elephant and found that the trunk is a complex mesh of interwoven muscle and has an immense number of parts. The study was published on September 26, 2023, in Current Biology......»»
The Climate Crisis Is Driving People to Substance Abuse
Extreme weather has decimated crops and incomes in northern India. To soothe their anxiety, agricultural workers are turning to tobacco and alcohol......»»
Top Programming Languages Methodology
In our goal of trying to estimate a programming language’s popularity, we realized that no one can look over the shoulder of every person writing code, whether that be a child writing a Java script for a personal Minecraft server, a mobile app dev.....»»
A Nigerian forest and its animals are under threat. Poachers have become rangers to protect both
Sunday Abiodun, carrying a sword in one hand and balancing a musket over his other shoulder, cleared weeds on a footpath leading to a cluster of new trees......»»
Turning ChatGPT into a "chemistry assistant"
Developing new materials requires significant time and labor, but some chemists are now hopeful that artificial intelligence (AI) could one day shoulder much of this burden. In a new study in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a team promp.....»»
Toyota launches production of 2024 Grand Highlander
The Grand Highlander's third row features an additional 5.8 inches of legroom compared with the Highlander, 2.5 extra inches of shoulder room and more than an inch of extra headroom......»»
China iPhone demand could be highlight of Q3 results
Apple will "flex the muscles" in its upcoming quarterly results, Wedbush believes, with higher iPhone demand in China expected to be a high point for the period.Apple will be revealing its Q3 2023 results on August 3, and finance-wise, it could be bu.....»»
5 horror movies on Hulu that are perfect to watch in the summer
Though summer is a long way from Halloween, audiences shoulder treat themselves to these five great horror films on Hulu this season......»»
New ferroelectric material could give robots muscles
A new type of ferroelectric polymer that is exceptionally good at converting electrical energy into mechanical strain holds promise as a high-performance motion controller or "actuator" with great potential for applications in medical devices, advanc.....»»
Ancient katydid fossil reveals muscles, digestive tract, glands and a testicle
50 million years ago in what is now northwestern Colorado, a katydid died, sank to the bottom of a lake and was quickly buried in fine sediments, where it remained until its compressed fossil was recovered in recent years. When researchers examined t.....»»
3D muscle reconstruction shows 3.2 million-year-old “Lucy” walked upright
"Lucy’s muscles suggest that she was as proficient at bipedalism as we are." 3D reconstruction of lower limb muscles of Australopithecus afarensis fossil AL 288-1, aka "Lucy." Credit: Ashleigh Wiseman.....»»
Apple promoting WWDC23 Swift Student Challenge winners, award includes AirPods Pro and special pin pack
Apple is showcasing three WWDC23 Swift Student Challenge winners who submitting original app playgrounds using Apple’s Swift developer language. The highlighted submissions include app playgrounds for strengthening eye muscles, sports and filmmaki.....»»
Soft "Electronic Skin" Mimics Our Sense of Touch
A flexible, conductive membrane that can pass sensory information to the brain and muscles is a step towards artificial skin.....»»
Revealing how an embryo"s cells sync up
Scientists have known that when a mouse embryo is developing, the cells that will become its spine and muscles switch specific genes on and off repeatedly, in a synchronous fashion. However, there are deep mysteries about how these cells synchronize......»»
Give roundworms some weed and they’ll get the munchies, study finds
Work could further our understanding of endocannabinoid system, help drug development. Enlarge / Image of worm that is genetically engineered so that certain neurons and muscles are fluorescent. Green dots are neurons that respo.....»»
Toward a safer material for artificial muscles
Whether wriggling your toes or lifting groceries, muscles in your body smoothly expand and contract. Some polymers can do the same thing—acting like artificial muscles—but only when stimulated by dangerously high voltages. Now, researchers in ACS.....»»
The fast and the fibrous: Developing the muscles you need for speed
Different types of exercise encourage the formation of different types of muscle fibers, or the cells that make up your muscles. Slow twitch muscle fibers support endurance activities like long-distance running, while fast twitch fibers are needed fo.....»»
New tool identifies which cells will best repair muscles
Cells harvested from your own muscles could one day improve or even save your life if you are suffering from muscle loss after disease or an injury. The implantation of muscle cells offers an incredibly promising treatment for conditions such as musc.....»»
Reading out RNA structures in real time
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease and Stephen Hawking's disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that results in the gradual loss of control over the muscles in the body. It is currently incurable and the caus.....»»