Tag: Andrew Biewener
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Nation & World
9 Harvard researchers named AAAS Fellows
Nine Harvard researchers named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, for work ranging from studying neuromuscular control in mammals to the development of vaccine strategies to work in international law.
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Understanding the IT band
Research led by Carolyn Eng delivers insights into how the IT band stores and releases elastic energy to make walking and running more efficient.
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Gonzalo Giribet
They had sifted through the forest floor’s leaves and dirt for days, looking for a tiny type of daddy longlegs native to New Zealand, but had little more than dirty…
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Research highlights the muscle’s many motions
New research from Harvard’s Concord Field Station has shown that the common perception of a muscle as a single functional unit is incorrect and that different sections within an individual…
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Spring in your step helps avert disastrous stumbles
From graceful ballerinas to clumsy-looking birds, everyone occasionally loses their footing. New Harvard University research suggests that it could literally be the spring, or damper, in your step that helps…
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Understanding how fish swim
The pattern is hard to see at first because the movement seems to happen in the blink of an eye.