Physical in Biological News

Scary ancient spiders revealed in 3-D models, thanks to new imaging technique

... modern-day spiders. The study reveals some of the physical traits that helped them to hunt for prey and ... researchers say that the existence of this common physical feature, shared by the Cryptomartus hindi and ... the fossil and cannot explore all of the fossil's physical features. The researchers believe their new ...

K-State researchers say after-school programs should promote activity, healthy nutrition

... television, but after-school programs that offer physical activity and healthy snacks could be the best ... are an important contributor to children's physical activity. "Participation in after-school ... that are supervised by adults and that provide physical activity and healthful food options." The ...

Reducing risk of hospitalization in the elderly

... Older adults who have less strength, poor physical function and low muscle density are at higher ... average of almost five years. They measured their physical function in a number of ways including walking ... the adults who scored lowest on the measures of physical function; this held true after allowing age, ...

Most older long-term cancer survivors have poor health habits

... do exercise and watch their diet have improved physical health and quality of life. Published in the ... diet, weight, and quality of life, including physical functioning and mental health. The researchers ... cancer survivors reported a level of mental and physical quality of life that actually exceeded levels ...

A global model for the origin of species independent of geographical isolation

... evolutionary theory. The first requires a physical barrier such as a glacier, mountain or body of ... that species diversity arises without specific physical barriers," the study states. The computer ... "While the spatial environment may vary, specific physical barriers aren't necessary. Just as traffic jams ...

A 'heart healthy' diet and ongoing, moderate physical activity may protect against cognitive decline

... or increasing participation in moderate physical activity may help preserve our memory and ... Less is known about the impact of changes in physical activity levels on rate of cognitive decline. ... and colleagues studied changes in levels of both physical activity and cognitive function over seven years ...

What makes a great footballer?

... strangely mysterious. Although being in excellent physical condition undoubtedly helps, few people actually believe that intense physical training alone can turn an average bloke into a ... of skill for the evolution of vertebrate physical performance is currently unknown and largely ...

Engineering innovative solutions for 21st century medicine

... The Wellcome Trust and the Engineering and physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) have today ... by this collaboration between the Engineering and physical Sciences Research Council and the Wellcome Trust, ... break down the barriers between engineering, the physical sciences, and biology and medicine. We will ...

Researcher finds Girl Scout meetings provide an opportunity to increase girls' physical activity

... which included nutrition, family meals, physical activity and family connection. They also were ... physically active games for the girls. Federal physical activity guidelines recommend that all children perform at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day, Rosenkranz said. The ...

Ability to literally imagine oneself in another's shoes may be tied to empathy

... rotate and simulate mental representations of the physical world, including our own bodies, would contribute ... all the time as we move through the physical world. As a result, we have readily available ... that taking more time to imagine another's physical perspective was associated with more reported ...

Humans related to orangutans, not chimps, says new Pitt, Buffalo Museum of Science study

... Museum, conducted a detailed analysis of the physical features of living and fossil apes that suggested ... Schwartz and Grehan scrutinized the hundreds of physical characteristics often cited as evidence of ... the analysis found that humans shared 28 unique physical characteristics with orangutans, compared to only ...

Caltech scientists reveal how neuronal activity is timed in brain's memory-making circuits

... the firing of hippocampal neurons encodes the physical location of the rat in its environmentin other words, a point of physical space. Our findings suggest that what is encoded ... of the rat's trajectorythat is, a segment of physical space." "Such segments may be the elementary ...

Uniloc Unveils Industry-First Authentication Technology for Comprehensive Protection of Critical Infrastructure

... strong authentication using the patented Uniloc physical Device Recognition (PDR) technology to grant ... About Uniloc Uniloc offers a patented physical Device Recognition (PDR) platform that ... device, using the naturally occurring, inherent physical characteristics of that device. Uniloc has ...

Uniloc Unveils Industry-First Authentication Technology for Comprehensive Protection of Critical Infrastructure

... strong authentication using the patented Uniloc physical Device Recognition (PDR) technology to grant ... About Uniloc Uniloc offers a patented physical Device Recognition (PDR) platform that ... device, using the naturally occurring, inherent physical characteristics of that device. Uniloc has ...

Study finds children's activity levels not influenced by more PE time in school

... Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Scheduling more physical education time in schools does not mean children ... Congress on Obesity, found that the total weekly physical activity among children attending different ... propose it's not the environment that drives physical activity levels in children, but some form of ...

Differences among exercisers and nonexercisers during pregnancy

... need to manage their time differently to fit more physical activity into their day. According to Dr. May, "if a pregnant mother does some type of physical activity while watching TV or talking on the ... the store each time, she will increase her daily physical activity and ultimately improve her health and ...

Differences among exercisers and nonexercisers during pregnancy

... need to manage their time differently to fit more physical activity into their day. According to Dr. May, "if a pregnant mother does some type of physical activity while watching TV or talking on the ... the store each time, she will increase her daily physical activity and ultimately improve her health and ...

Physical activity may strengthen children's ability to pay attention

... study suggesting the academic benefits of physical education classes, recess periods and ... Kinesiology Laboratory at Illinois, suggests that physical activity may increase students' cognitive control ... researchers noted a positive outcome linking physical activity, attention and academic achievement. ...

A little java makes it easier to jive, researcher says

... the relationship between caffeine and physical activity since taking a slight detour during his ... between caffeine intake, spinal reflexes and physical activity. Seven years later, with several studies considering the relationship between physical activity and caffeine behind him, Motl has a much ...

Liking sweets makes sense for kids

... preference and biological measures of growth and physical maturation in 143 children between the ages of 11 ... and that sweet preferences decline as children's physical growth slows and eventually stops. Based on ... "We now know that sweet preference is related to physical growth. The next step is to identify the ...

Pitt researchers describe molecular '2-step' leading to protein clumps of Huntington's disease

... only a very slight extent, it takes on some new physical properties that somehow initiate diseases." ... as the N-terminus. That sets the stage for new physical interactions with the rest of the huntingtin ... similar in other polyglutamine diseases, meaning physical disruption of neighboring regions may influence ...

Texas Obesity Research Center at UH assembles researchers to discuss obesity

... examines how environments and policies impact physical activity. Prevention of childhood obesity, ... of fresh produce, and the quality and quantity of physical activity resources available in neighborhoods. She also has promoted research and physical activity through the use of the virtual world of ...

Cutting-edge amfAR grants fight HIV/AIDS in the lab and on the phone

... them. When such communication occurs by physical contact between cells, HIV can subvert this ... protein Gag, a core protein that defines the physical structure of the virus. If, as he suspects, PIP2 ... HIV makes proteins that are important both to its physical structure and others that regulate the way in ...

Researchers win award for best clinical paper in orthopedic physical therapy

... of Delaware researchers have won the American physical Therapy Association's award for the best clinical ... Program, Michael Axe, clinical professor of physical therapy at UD and an orthopedic surgeon at First ... Snyder-Mackler, Alumni Distinguished Professor of physical Therapy. The team received the 2009 Steven J. ...

American Institute of Physics announces awards for best science writing

... be presented on March 19, 2009 at the American physical Society's March Meeting in Pittsburgh. Her book ... be presented on March 19, 2009 at the American physical Society's March Meeting in Pittsburgh. Segre's ... be presented on March 19, 2009 at the American physical Society's March Meeting in Pittsburgh. A ...

Forget the freezer: Research suggests novel way to control water behavior

... Water has long been known for its quirky physical properties, including its ability to expand when ... the effect of nano-confinement on water's physical properties and transitions between the gas, ... published their findings Feb. 6 in the journal physical Review Letters . Their work is part of an ongoing ...

Biophysical sciences program receives $2 million training grant

... Two of the key ingredients: take the very best physical sciences undergraduates, then put them through an ... the gauntlet of approval from the divisions of physical and Biological sciences. Other ... interdisciplinary graduate training in the physical and biological sciences in recent years. The ...

Mixed population provides insights into human genetic makeup

... and human origins according to a Penn State physical anthropologist. "We wanted to get to a strategy ... in a healthy person may also influence the same physical trait -- length, width, shape, size -- but within ... the influence genes have and how they relate to physical features." ...

Gardening gives older adults benefits like hand strength and self-esteem

... shown that gardening can offer enough moderate physical activity to keep older adults in shape. In ... like bone mineral density, sleep quality, physical fitness, hand strength and psychological ... health assessments like hand strength, overall physical health and self esteem, results from some of the ...

Gardening gives older adults benefits like hand strength and self esteem

... shown that gardening can offer enough moderate physical activity to keep older adults in shape. In ... like bone mineral density, sleep quality, physical fitness, hand strength and psychological ... health assessments like hand strength, overall physical health and self esteem, results from some of the ...

Exercise after knee replacement critical

... Snyder-Mackler, Alumni Distinguished Professor of physical Therapy at the University of Delaware, Stephanie ... knee should be a component of your post-operative physical therapy after a total knee replacement, but it's ... controlled trial at the University of Delaware's physical Therapy Clinic conducted between 2000 and 2005, ...

Physically fit kids do better in school

... Researchers examined the relationship between physical fitness and academic achievement in a racially ... between students' academic achievement and physical fitness. The odds of passing both standardized ... School time and resources are often diverted from physical Education and opportunities ...

Physical activity may not be key to obesity epidemic

... belief that the number of calories burned in physical activity is a key factor in rising rates of ... groups in the amount of calories burned during physical activity. "Decreased physical activity may not be the primary driver of the ...

To improve forecasting earthquakes, NJIT mathematician studies grains

... sciences at NJIT. Kondic will study how the physical properties of granular materials, like sand or ... will address fundamental questions concerning the physical properties of granular media and other jammed ... a quantitative understanding of their role in physical processes has proved to be elusive because ...

New study 'pardons' the misunderstood egg

... factors including poor diet, smoking, obesity and physical inactivity contribute 30 to 40 percent of heart ... (smoking, poor diet, being overweight or obese, physical inactivity). The study authors used data from the ... smoking, poor diet, being overweight or obese and physical inactivity accounted for 30 to 40 percent of ...

Researchers examine role of soil patterns in dam restoration

... John Harrington. "We could see the chemical and physical patterns that were created both by the inundation ... fundamental differences in nutrient levels and physical structure between the knee-deep sediments that ... of buried soils. And this lack of chemical and physical variability might be one reason why weeds tend to ...

Marked improvement in body image, physical stamina, post-surgical pectus patients report

... physicians to consider both the emotional and physical implications of correcting pectus excavatum," ... but correcting pectus excavatum has concrete physical and psychological benefits." Pectus excavatum ... Although the study didn't focus on specific physical activities, it asked both patients and parents ...

Fear of hypoglycemia a barrier to exercise for type 1 diabetics

... of Diabetes Care , a majority of diabetics avoid physical activity because they worry about ... questionnaires to assess their barriers to physical activity. The biggest fear was hypoglycaemia and ... in their body were shown to be less fearful of physical activity. Such knowledge is essential in order to ...

Jupiter's shrinking red spot

... Texas. The 61st Annual Meeting of the American physical Society (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics takes ... collaboration between biologists, ecologists, physical oceanographers, computer modelers, and engineers, ... flow patterns within a beating heart. These physical and numerical models will help scientists gain a ...

Alpine rivers hold important clues for preserving biodiversity and coping with climate change

... with existing ecosystems and changing both the physical and biological forces acting upon them. Both ... "Threshold crossing can be driven by both physical and biological processes and is particularly ... forward for the field of modelling the complex physical and chemical processes of river ecosystems, by ...