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It's almost that time. Georgia is scheduled to open spring practice next week.
In previous weeks, we've broken down several players and position groups to watch this spring. As we lead up to the Bulldogs' first-team workout, this week we'll make five predictions related to the upcoming practices.
Today's prediction: Jordan Davis makes a move at tight end
Like the prediction we made about redshirt freshman tailback A.J. Turman on Monday, this is another one that seems like common sense.
The tailbacks are a bit depth-depleted because injuries will prevent Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall from performing at 100 percent and because signees Nick Chubb and Sony Michel aren't on campus yet. That will provide Turman with a prime opportunity to prove himself.
Depth is an even bigger issue for Davis and the tight ends. All-SEC senior Arthur Lynch just exhausted his eligibility. Jay Rome is recovering from surgery, and coach Mark Richt said last week that he expects him to either miss all or most of spring. Signees Jeb Blazevich and Hunter Atkinson won't arrive until summer.
If redshirt freshman Davis doesn't make good use of what should be a ton of reps this spring, that will come off as an enormous disappointment.
The Bulldogs didn't need him to play last season since Lynch and blocking tight end Hugh Williams were seniors, and Rome was also in the mix, although injuries cut his season short.
The depth chart looks completely different now, and Davis' combination of speed, athleticism -- he was a distinguished hurdler in high school -- and a steady work ethic should begin to pay off immediately. If anything, he needs to learn to relax a bit, as tight ends coach John Lilly insisted last season that Davis often put too much pressure on himself.
Now is the time for him to settle into the routine of operating with the regulars on offense. Georgia's coaches said last week that fullback Quayvon Hicks might take some snaps in an H-back role on offense, but otherwise Davis is the lone scholarship tight end available if Rome misses the entire spring.
Listed at 6-foot-4 and 225 pounds, Davis certainly looks the part of a pass-catching tight end with the frame to hold more size if necessary. Our prediction is that he develops the confidence this spring to accompany those physical tools, and that he will seize an on-field role for this fall.
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This new video of "Big Dog," the amazing quadrupedal robot from Boston Dynamics, shows of its latest tricks: the ability to walk through snow and even over ice, catching itself when it slips and falls. Its normal gait is unnatural, but when it starts to scramble to recover it looks eerily real. Scoop: New video of BDI's Big Dog robot [Spectrum.IEEE.org via Gizmodo]
Video: Boston Dynamics' Latest Big Dog Pack Bot
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Amazing yet creepy bot! I can't help anthropomorphizing robots. Eerie, only begins to describe the strange feelings that came over me watching this video. I kept seeing a decapitated calf franticly searching for a way out. The Blair Witch like stumbling down the hill through the woods is classic. I don't think I like it when it is kicked.
You had better hope that the robots anthropomorphise us when they take over.
I agree about the kicking. Perhaps we could open the first chapter of PETR. Or perhaps just program it to kick back.
I found the choice of having all of the knees pointing toward the center interesting. I can't think if any animal that does this. This may be the secret to their success so far, but I wonder if this thing will ever be able to trot or run.
The robot is aesthetically beautiful as it is, you can see each part moving and orienting as the whole robot moves.
I wonder how it would feel if it is dressed in a real dog costume, so we can test if it can pass the Uncanny Valley.
The robot's normal gait, with diagonal feet moving together, is technically a pace. It's funny-looking but not at all unnatural. Horses will use it in the wild, and it's not uncommon for dogs to pace at moderate speed.
Now, if they could teach it to fetch a ball and put it in the launcher from the previous post, the circle would be complete.
looks and sounds like a sentient hornet's nest
Annoying sound aside (which they should definitely work on), slap some sort of riding saddle/ chair on that thing, and you finally have truly functional off road vehicle for the disabled community.
By the way, I am totally volunteering to test pilot such an application if anybody was wondering.
I'm intrigued by my own reaction to it. The first few seconds of the video it was terrifying, but by the time it got kicked and then started scrambling on the ice, I felt a huge wave of sympathy.
They need to outfit it with a loudspeaker that repeats "DIE CARBON UNITS!" in a squeaky-cute anime-girl voice.
…Does anyone else get a very vague feeling this is the precursor to the Hunter from the game Half Life 2:Episode 2?
I can't erase the image in my minds eye: waves of 3rd generation versions of these things in MARPAT camo paint armed with self-sighting submachine guns scaling hills and killing me and my brown-skinned fellows while distant groups of human officers with laptops hydrate and wait for the show to end.
I had the pleasure of doing some technical illustration of BigDog for Boston Dynamics. It was a dream project and really fascinating to work on.
A final cutaway illustration can be seen (and zoomed-in on) at http://www.jamesprovost.com/illustration/bigdog.php
I had a rather unpleasant emotional response to this machine's clumsiness…. especially when it was kicked by the researcher. I felt like I was seeing the mistreatment of a living animal.
Wow. 8D
& PS: Hello: maybe the sound was deliberate? (It was silent in the lab.) Joke? Maybe? Perhaps?
Logically, I know, of course, that this is just a robot, but something about it strikes me emotionally as being *very wrong*.
That said, if it was mine, I'd probably put some sort of head on it, maybe like a fly, along with a lot of shaggy, matted fur, a long slimy pink probiscus, some folded wings and ride it through a small village, just to freak out the locals. Or maybe get that Argentinian Gnome to ride it.
Yeah. That would be cool…
What's most unnatural about the gait is actually the fact that its legs are jointed oddly, with the front pair's knees running "backward". Compare with an image of a normal quadruped, where the knees all point forward and hocks point back.
As a result, it walks as if it was being carried by two people, both facing inward so the one in the lead is walking backward. (Once you look at it with that thought in mind, this becomes obvious, especially in the scenes where it's struggling a bit — it really starts to look like some sort of two-man costume.)
I presume making the joint articulation symmetric rather than parallel simplified the design, either in hardware or software. I'm not knocking it; it clearly works… but maybe it ought to be renamed pushmi-pullyu.
Oh, re the sound: Dollars to donuts, that's a small motor running a generator to power it. Note that in the lab sequences it's on an umbilical.
I wonder what its fuel efficiency is on mixed terrain.
In the lab they have it hooked up to an external power supply, I'd think. There is a cable visible leading up to the moving gantry when they show the indoor course.
The kick made me wince, too, but seeing it recover so gracefully was pretty cool.
Okay, so, let me get this straight…
These people are labouring under a DARPA contract (I think?) to build a robotic pack mule that can navigate terrain using a crazy array of sensors, software and hardware costing millions of dollars.
Why not use a good old fashioned organic mule that can live off the land, reproduce for almost nothing, live off the land and is quiet? Is it any wonder that the US military is bankrupting amerika?
Yes, Craiggnoble, I was wondering the same thing : what can this electric mule do that a regular mule couldn't do ?
For the moment, it doesn't look like it can run faster or carry heavier charges. And it's certainly not cheaper.
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perform tasks without a head?
Unlike a mule, Big Dog follows directions to the letter, and can keep slogging along, non-stop, for as long as its fuel supply lasts. You'll notice at the end of the video where Big Dog was jumping across the yellow-bordered region, how precisely it placed its legs on landing. Further refinement may enable bots that are far more nimble than their slower carbon-based friends.
More importantly, a mule will not run towards a crowd of gun-firing arabs/screaming protestors, firing lasers, rockets and tear gas out of its torso.
The other thing Big Dog can (potentially) do that a mule could not is fight. You can't armor a mule, or mount a grenade launcher onto it and expect it to do well on a battlefield, but I fully expect that that's at least part of what they have in mind for Big Dog. It can't be a secret that the Pentagon would eventually like to take its human soldiers out of harm's way entirely.
Wow!! This blows me away. People are talking about how cool Dextre is, but *this* thing is the future. This is amazing — and I'm not talking about how anthropomorphic it is, although that in itself is freaky. This robot's ability to stay on its feet is fantastic. This is the future. Inspiring.
it seems to me that the legs are jointed normally, they just end where a dog or a horse would have its ankles. Plus, having the legs join the "body" much lower than they would on an invertebrate just makes it look that much more unusual.
The thing that gets me wondering is, if it has such a natural gait when correcting for loss of balance, couldn't they incorporate that kind of fluidity into its normal movements by giving it a less defined walking pattern and make it look less artificial?
Other than that, all I can say is, I want.
I was thinking that the legs look just like my dog, but without feet too. Another thing this can do that a real mule could not is live on Mars or other planets. Although this version is heavy, I am sure they could make a smaller or lighter version. Can it get up after falling over on it's side or back?
It looks like some creepy human mash-up thing from Silent Hill. Kicking it will only piss it off and then Pyramid Head will be after you. I don't like it one bit.
Do you have any elderly members in your family with mobility issues? Or wheelchair-bound?
Try not to let your anti-military prejudice turn into technological myopia. Big Dog's potential civilian applications are astounding.
I think fleshy mules are infertile, also. They are bred for only one purpose.
…this on the other hand, could have many useful purposes in the civilian world (as has already been pointed out). Although, I'm reminded of Dean Kamen's stair-climbing/self-balancing iBOT wheelchair that had so much potential and led to the useless Segway. I hope we make better use of this technology…
Seems to me it runs on compressed air, in the lab you can hear it squirting out.
@ #32: Runs on compressed air? What.
You don't think they used compressed air for pistons in the legs and ran the thing off something like electricity or diesel?
@ #2: You haven't seen a camel then?
Not trolling 😮
@#2 As you sit here reading this, scoot your chair back a little and lean forward and put your elbows on your knees. If you are a human like me you may notice that they bend in opposing directions. Think of our simian cousins who still walk on all fours; their knees bend the same way as this robot.


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On Monday morning, Leslie Neal, Elk County Director of Veterans Affairs, addressed attendees at the annual Memorial Day celebration at Memorial Park regarding not only the members of the armed forces who lost their lives, but also those who returned from conflicts, and Americans' obligations to them. Neal, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, served as the Honorary Grand Marshal of this year's event.
"Memorial Day is a day of conflicting emotions for each of us," she said. "It is a blend of pride and mournfulness, gratitude and loss, and a deep abiding sense of patriotism."
Warm weather and sunny skies drew a number of area residents to Memorial Park, as well as the sidewalks along the route of this year's Memorial Day parade as a number of area groups and officials joined together Monday to remember those who lost their lives while serving in the armed forces.
JAY TWP. – Retired U.S. Air Force Major Jesse J. Benevich served as the keynote speaker during the Memorial Day celebration held Saturday afternoon at the Mt. Zion Historical Park.
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JAY TWP. – The Honorable Richard Masson, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the 59th Judicial District of Pennsylvania, was the closing speaker at Saturday afternoon's Memorial Day celebration at Mt. Zion Historical Park, and he provided attendees with a few important thoughts about the true meaning of the holiday.
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Elk County Catholic's Nicole Florio medaled at the PIAA Class AA Track and Field Championships being held at Shippensburg University this weekend by finishing in a tie for fourth place in the high jump.
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Royal Air Force Station Gan commonly known as RAF Gan, is a former Royal Air Force station on Gan Island, the southern-most island of Addu Atoll which is part of the larger groups of islands which form the Maldives, in the middle of the Indian Ocean. The airfield is now Gan International Airport.
The area was originally established as a military base for the Royal Navy in 1941. Royal Navy engineers began constructing airstrips on Gan island in August 1941 for the Fleet Air Arm.
During World War II, in 1942 the RAF had its bases in the Islands of Addu Atoll, Maldives. The RAF first had a presence on Hithadoo in 1942 when a detachment of RAF personnel were sent from RAF China Bay in Ceylon to service and turn around the RAF Short Sunderland and PBY Catalina flying boats that were flying regularly into the Addu Atoll lagoon.
In 1957 the Royal Navy transferred the base into the control of the Royal Air Force, and Royal Air Force Station Gan became established in the late 1950s as a stopover on the reinforcement to the Far East Air Force based in Singapore. The previous reinforcement route had passed through countries that had formerly been British territory but were now independent, and sometimes hostile nations. RAF Mauripur, to the west of Karachi, by then a Pakistan Air Force station, had RAF personnel attached for staging airfield purposes up until 1956, when the staging role between the Middle East and Far East fell to RAF Gan.[1]
It was extensively used as a staging post by bombers, fighters and transports on their way to Singapore and other destinations in east Asia during the late 1950s and the 1960s. Other foreign military forces, like the US, occasionally used the facilities. However as the 1970s dawned, the United Kingdom was withdrawing from its commitments east of the Suez. By the end of 1971 the RAF Far East Air Force was disbanded and the major rationale for Gan was gone. Traffic was now much less frequent but the base still remained open for a few more years. By 1975 British military aircraft using the base were an extreme rarity. Gan was thus closed and on 29 March 1976 the island was handed back to the Maldivian Government. At the same time as RAF use of the airfield ceased, the RAF gained access to the then newly built US airfield two hundred miles to the south of Gan on the British island of Diego Garcia.
RAF Gan today[edit]
Following the handover back to the Maldive Government, the island airfield was subtly developed into a civil airport, and is now known as Gan International Airport. Most of the base is now a tourist resort called Equator Village: the military buildings remain and have been converted into rooms & other facilities on the resort. The hospital is now a dive centre.
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- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 00.
- Airport information for VRMG at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Jefford, C.G, MBE,BA ,RAF (Retd). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
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- Gallery of images of RAF Gan from ServicePals.com
- RAF Gan Remembered
- An aircraft crash that 'never happened', by John Cooper
- Gan Island is completely different!
- The Far East Air Force
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Macindash forever!
Very nice picture! And thanks for the fave on Rarity
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how bad is being stressed wnen your pregnant?
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And welcome to BBC.
R.Alexander born 6/15/13
While it's preferable not to be stressed, there actually isn't firm evidence that it "hurts" the baby. There are correlational studies about women during wartime and famines that link exposure to lower birth rates and that sort of thing, as well as women who experience the death of a family member in early pregnancy, but even these studies can't say whether those traumatic events "caused" those outcomes. The most commonly discussed study I've seen dates back to the aftereffects of World War II in Holland - interesting but hardly conclusive.
More recent studies are looking at concentrations of stress hormones in the amniotic fluid, but again, no one can say how "much" stress is too much or what the effects are actually going to be.
In other words, don't stress about being stressed, and do the best you can to create a good situation for yourself and your baby.
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Letters to the Editor for July 20, 2010
Published: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 6:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 12:34 a.m.
Clarifying 4
Before presenting an argument to support your case, it's a really good idea to get all your ducks in a row.
As we approach the November elections, several letters in this column have started to generate scare tactics about Amendment 4. Contrary to the opinions presented, voters will NOT be required to vote on every land use change. The only projects that will be presented for voter consideration are those that have already been given approval by local governments through the normal reviewing process. Votes would be cast on the next regularly scheduled election day, and not by countless referenda.
One significant fact not revealed is that Florida's local growth plans have enough land approved for future development to add 80 million more people to today's population of 18 million. It's your decision how you want to vote on this.
David P. Pirozzoli
Cretul playing politics
I found it deplorable to discover Florida House Speaker Larry Cretul's instructions to his colleagues regarding the special session called by the governor to deal with the worst natural disaster in our nation's history (albeit caused by the irresponsibility of all concerned, including BP): to do nothing.
I was appalled at Cretul's inappropriately partisan treatment of this very serious matter to every Floridian — a matter vital to the economic survival of this state. This is a nonpartisan emergency, and there is no place for partisanship in dealing with protecting the natural resources of Florida and the Southeast region.
Floridians are weary of the Republican majority's failure to lead in Tallahassee, and the damage the culture of corruption that party has encouraged in the money-tainted deals that go on daily during and outside of the sessions in Tallahassee, all at the expense of the needs of our citizens. We, the voters are ready to effect a sea change in November. We will demand a reset of the balance of power, with more Democrats and fewer Republicans to correct the influence of special interest contributions to sitting legislators.
The people whose interests Cretul was elected to serve deserve no less.
We expect the drilling ban amendment to appear on the November ballot —so do your job and lead the House!
Janis Lentz
Session is critical
My name is Jon Paugh (paw) and I am the Democratic candidate for Florida House District 22, now held by Larry Cretul, on the November ballot. I want to share my concerns about the special session being held in Tallahassee and importance of this session.
Although it has been classified by some as a way for Crist to gain publicity, it is really about the magnitude of the Gulf oil disaster. Currently, Florida law prohibits offshore drilling, but as it is a law, it can be easily removed by either the next legislative session or by an executive order from a new governor. This special session is designed to create an amendment to our state constitution that would ban offshore drilling on Florida's coast. Amendments cannot be changed as easily as the laws, and hold a steady function throughout the ebbs and flows of the political structure.
The Deepwater Horizon incident is a major disaster that will effect Florida for decades to come, and if Tallahassee cannot find a way to properly ban drilling off of Florida's coast, then we face the same probability in the future. I am deeply concerned about Florida and its environment as it is one of the major staples that our great State has to lure in those valuable tourism dollars. We need to find a way to insure that Florida's beaches are clean and a warming place to visit.
This session is a way for Florida to take a strong stance on offshore drilling, and the overall impact that the Deepwater Horizon spill has had on Florida's economy.
Florida must take a stand now against offshore drilling and should welcome anyone who tries to make it a priority. Floridians must be made aware of the importance of this legislative session and be encouraged to call their local representatives to discuss their concerns.
Jon Paugh
Too many TV ads
After many years of watching TV, it is very apparent where part of our problems are coming from: TV advertisements — and it gets worse with every new one.
Eating habits, driving habits, pitching trash, clothing, movie previews, taking pills — which are not needed — for this or that, spending money using credit cards, driving vehicles way beyond speed limits — you name it. And some commercials are pure junk.
Learning happens in schools, but TV has replaced this, as kids think it is very funny — but truthfully, what a shame it is. Kids graduate and cannot read or do math, and their English is terrible. Language learning is rare.
To top it off, there are so many commercials that the news is not understandable. TV programs have no interest in information because of commercials. On TV, eight commercials are stuck between two minutes of airtime. Wonder why we pay premium prices for this?
Sincerely yours,
Jim Mcluckie
Parent's rights
In the Star-Banner article about the Marion County school district suing the parent, I agree with the writer of the letter, "End the acrimony" (July 16), on both sides seeking peace, yet I see no reason why a parent would send 330-plus e-mails unless they were needed to provide a safe environment for her son.
Why would the school district mind if a parent pursues due process?
This is her right.
Banning a parent from the school is ridiculous in my opinion, especially with a child in fragile health.
Sophia Battle
Fort Lauderdale
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On Wednesday, Michael Chertoff, the Homeland Security Secretary said the United States opposes "in the strongest terms" the plans to distribute the maps.
The National Human Rights Commission, a Mexican government-funded agency with independent powers, originally said it would distribute at least 70,000 maps showing highways, rescue beacons and water tanks in the Arizona desert.
"[Handing out maps would entice more people to cross, leading to more migrant deaths and the further enrichment of the criminal human trafficking rings" Michael Chertoff, US Homeland Security Secretary
"It is a bad idea to encourage migrants to undertake this highly dangerous and ultimately futile effort," Chertoff said.
"This effort will entice more people to cross, leading to more migrant deaths and the further enrichment of the criminal human trafficking rings that prey on the suffering of others."
The Mexican human rights panel denied the maps would encourage illegal immigration. Instead, it argued that the maps would help guide those in trouble to find rescue beacons and areas with cell phone reception.
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Solid freeform fabrication of epoxidized soybean oil/epoxy composites with di-, tri-, and polyethylene amine curing agents†
Article first published online: 14 APR 2004
DOI: 10.1002/app.20412
Copyright © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Volume 93, Issue 1, pages 356–363, 5 July 2004
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Liu, Z. S., Erhan, S. Z. and Calvert, P. D. (2004), Solid freeform fabrication of epoxidized soybean oil/epoxy composites with di-, tri-, and polyethylene amine curing agents. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 93: 356–363. doi: 10.1002/app.20412
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- Issue published online: 14 APR 2004
- Article first published online: 14 APR 2004
- Manuscript Accepted: 31 OCT 2003
- Manuscript Received: 22 AUG 2003
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- epoxidized soybean oil;
- solid free form fabrication;
- di-, tri-, polyethylene amine;
- fiber reinforcement
Soybean oil/epoxy-based composites are prepared by solid freeform fabrication (SFF) methods. SFF methods built materials by the repetitive addition of thin layers. The mixture of epoxidized soybean oil and epoxy resin is modified with di-, tri-, or polyethylene amine gelling agent to solidify the materials until curing occurs. The high strength and stiffness composites are formed through fiber reinforcement. E-glass, carbon, and mineral fibers are used in the formulations. The type of fiber affects the properties of the composites. It was found that a combination of two types of fibers could be used to achieve higher strength and stiffness parts than can be obtained from a single fiber type. In addition, the effects of curing temperature, curing time, and fiber concentration on mechanical properties of composites are studied and reported. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 93: 356–363, 2004


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by Tom Siegfried René Descartes was a very clever thinker. He proved his own existence, declaring that because he thought, he must exist: "I think, therefore I am." But the 17th century philosopher-mathematician-scientist committed a serious mental blunder when he decided that the mind doing the thinking was somehow separate from the brain it lived in. Descartes believed that thought was insubstantial, transmitted from the ether to the pineal gland, which played the role of something like a Wi-Fi receiver embedded deep in the brain. Thereafter mind-brain dualism became the prevailing prejudice. Nowadays, though, everybody with a properly working brain realizes that the mind and brain are coexistent. Thought processes and associated cognitive mental activity all reflect the physics and chemistry of cells and molecules inhabiting the brain's biological tissue. Many people today do not realize, though, that there's a modern version of Descartes' mistaken dichotomy. Just as he erroneously believed the mind was distinct from the brain, some scientists have mistakenly conceived of the brain as distinct from the body. Much of the early research in artificial intelligence, for instance, modeled the brain as a computer, seeking to replicate mental life as information processing, converting inputs to outputs by logical rules. But even if such a machine could duplicate the circuitry of the brain, it would be missing essential peripheral input from an attached body. Actual intelligence requires both body and brain, as the neurologist Antonio Damasio pointed out in his 1994 book, Descartes' Error. "Mental activity, from its simplest aspects to its most sublime, requires both brain and body proper," Damasio wrote. © Society for Science & the Public 2000 - 2013.
Keyword: Consciousness
Link ID: 20002 - Posted: 08.27.2014
Ian Sample, science editor Scientists have prevented muscle wastage in mice with a form of muscular dystrophy by editing the faulty gene that causes the disease. The radical procedure could not be performed in humans, but researchers believe the work raises hopes for future gene-editing therapies to stop the disease from progressing in people. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is caused by mutations in a gene on the X chromosome and affects around one in 3,500 boys. Because girls have two X chromosomes they tend not to be affected, but can be carriers of the disease. The pivotal gene is used to make a protein called dystrophin which is crucial for muscle fibre strength. Without the protein, muscles in the body, including the heart and skeletal muscles, weaken and waste away. Most patients die by the age of 25 from breathing or heart problems. Researchers in the US used a powerful new gene-editing procedure called CRISPR to correct mutations in the dystrophin gene in mice that were destined to develop the disease. They extracted mouse embryos from their mothers and injected them with the CRISPR biological machinery, which found and corrected the faulty gene. After the injections, the mouse embryos were reimplanted in females and carried to term. Tests on the mice found that the therapy helped to restore levels of dystrophin, and that their skeletal muscle performed normally, even when only 17% of their cells contained corrected genes. The procedure could not be done in humans, but the proof-of-principle experiment demonstrates that correcting only a small proportion of cells could lead to a dramatic improvement for patients. © 2014 Guardian News and Media Limited
Keyword: Movement Disorders; Muscles
Link ID: 19966 - Posted: 08.16.2014
By Lenny Bernstein Comedian Robin Williams was grappling with severe depression when he committed suicide Monday, and on Thursday we learned that he also was in the early stages of Parkinson's disease. Sadly, the two conditions are often found together. In a 2012 study conducted by the National Parkinson Foundation, 61 percent of 5,557 Parkinson's patients surveyed reported that they also suffered from depression, with symptoms that ranged from mild to severe. Both conditions are associated with a shortage of dopamine, a neurotransmitter that helps regulate movement and control the brain's pleasure center. "Dopamine is a feel-good chemical. If you are low in dopamine, you are not going to feel so good," said Joyce Oberdorf, president and CEO of the National Parkinson Foundation. "There are [also] other neurotransmitters that can be low." A separate study published Friday found that newly-diagnosed Parkinson's patients have higher rates of depression, anxiety, fatigue, and apathy than a control group of people without Parkinson's. Researchers from the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that 13.9 percent of patients had symptoms of depression when they were diagnosed with Parkinson's, a proportion that rose to 18.7 percent after 24 months. Just 6.6 percent of people without the disease had depression, and that dropped to just 2.4 percent after 24 months. Despite their depressive symptoms, most of the Parkinson's patients who also had that condition were not treated with anti-depressants at any point in the two-year study. The findings were published in the journal Neurology.
Keyword: Parkinsons; Depression
Link ID: 19961 - Posted: 08.16.2014
by Catherine Brahic Think crayfish and you probably think supper, perhaps with mayo on the side. You probably don't think of their brains. Admittedly, crayfish aren't known for their grey matter, but that might be about to change: they can grow new brain cells from blood. Humans can make new neurons, but only from specialised stem cells. Crayfish, meanwhile, can convert blood to neurons that resupply their eyestalks and smell circuits. Although it's a long way from crayfish to humans, the discovery may one day help us to regenerate our own brain cells. Olfactory nerves are continuously exposed to damage and so naturally regenerate in many animals, from flies to humans, and crustaceans too. It makes sense that crayfish have a way to replenish these nerves. To do so, they utilise what amounts to a "nursery" for baby neurons, a little clump at the base of the brain called the niche. In crayfish, blood cells are attracted to the niche. On any given day, there are a hundred or so cells in this area. Each cell will split into two daughter cells, precursors to full neurons, both of which migrate out of the niche. Those that are destined to be part of the olfactory system head to two clumps of nerves in the brain called clusters 9 and 10. It's there that the final stage of producing new smell neurons is completed. © Copyright Reed Business Information Ltd.
Keyword: Neurogenesis; Regeneration
Link ID: 19954 - Posted: 08.13.2014
By ZACH SCHONBRUN EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Victor Cruz dumped a bucket of ice water on his head at home on Sunday and then stepped out on thin ice himself — challenging the Giants' co-owners to do the same. Taking part in the Ice Bucket Challenge — a social media craze that raises awareness for Lou Gehrig's disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) — Cruz, a wide receiver, posted the video on his Twitter feed. "That water was cold, man," Cruz said Monday. The Ice Bucket Challenge was started by friends and family members of Pete Frates, a 29-year-old from Beverly, Mass., who played baseball at Boston College and was found to have A.L.S., a neurodegenerative condition, in 2012. As a reward for withstanding the icy punishment, the participant gets to nominate another person, who has 24 hours to complete the task. Cruz aimed high, calling out the co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch to step under the bucket themselves. Just before practice on Monday, the 59-year-old Mara, wearing a white Giants T-shirt and black shorts, allowed Cruz to dump a Gatorade tub filled with ice water over his head. Before doing so, Mara nominated the Jets' owner, Woody Johnson; the Patriots' owner, Robert K. Kraft; and Patriots Coach Bill Belichick to do the same. "Feels good," a smiling Mara said in a video posted on the Giants' team website. It is unclear if Tisch will follow suit. Those who fail to complete the task within 24 hours are asked to donate to A.L.S. research. © 2014 The New York Times Company
Keyword: ALS-Lou Gehrig's Disease
Link ID: 19937 - Posted: 08.12.2014
By Fredrick Kunkle The way older people walk may provide a reliable clue about how well their brain is aging and could eventually allow doctors to determine whether they are at risk of Alzheimer's, researchers have found. The study, involving thousands of older people in several countries, suggests that those whose walking pace begins to slow and who also have cognitive complaints are more than twice as likely to develop dementia within 12 years. The findings are among the latest attempts to find and develop affordable, inexpensive diagnostic tools to determine whether a person is at risk for dementia. Last month, researchers attending the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Copenhagen presented several studies focused on locating biomarkers of dementia in its earliest stages. Among other things, scientists reported a connection between dementia and sense of smell that suggested a common scratch-and-sniff test could be used to help identify onset of dementia, while other researchers suggested that eye scans could also be useful someday be able to detect Alzheimer's. Different studies found a new abnormal protein linked to Alzheimer's and a possible link between sleep disorders and the onset of dementia. Now, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center say that a simple test to measure a patient's cognitive abilities and walking speed could provide a new diagnostic tool to identify people at risk for dementia. It could be especially important tool in low- and middle-income countries with less access to sophisticated and costly technology, the scientists said.
Keyword: Alzheimers
Link ID: 19910 - Posted: 08.02.2014
Using data from over 18,000 patients, scientists have identified more than two dozen genetic risk factors involved in Parkinson's disease, including six that had not been previously reported. The study, published in Nature Genetics, was partially funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and led by scientists working in NIH laboratories. A gene chip. Scientists used gene chips to help discover new genes that may be involved with Parkinson's disease "Unraveling the genetic underpinnings of Parkinson's is vital to understanding the multiple mechanisms involved in this complex disease, and hopefully, may one day lead to effective therapies," said Andrew Singleton, Ph.D., a scientist at the NIH's National Institute on Aging (NIA) and senior author of the study. Dr. Singleton and his colleagues collected and combined data from existing genome-wide association studies (GWAS), which allow scientists to find common variants, or subtle differences, in the genetic codes of large groups of individuals. The combined data included approximately 13,708 Parkinson's disease cases and 95,282 controls, all of European ancestry. The investigators identified potential genetic risk variants, which increase the chances that a person may develop Parkinson's disease. Their results suggested that the more variants a person has, the greater the risk, up to three times higher, for developing the disorder in some cases.
Keyword: Parkinsons; Genes & Behavior
Link ID: 19889 - Posted: 07.29.2014
Maggie Fox NBC News Walking is an almost magic elixir, doctors like to say. It can reverse diabetes, lower blood pressure, and help people keep the fat off. Now a study shows it can also help people with Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's patients who walked just three times a week felt less tired, less depressed and they found their Parkinson's symptoms improved, also. "The results of our study suggest that walking may provide a safe and easily accessible way of improving the symptoms of Parkinson's disease and improve quality of life," Dr. Ergun Uc of the University of Iowa and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center of Iowa City, who led the study. The findings would only apply to Parkinson's patients who can still walk easily. Parkinson's is caused by the loss of brain cells that produce a message carrying-chemical, or neurotransmitter, that is important for movement. Symptoms can start with a barely noticeable trembling but worsen to difficulty walking and talking, depression and other disability. There's no cure and the drugs used to treat the condition usually stop helping over time. Some people have trouble walking. But for those who don't, the study found, walking can help their symptoms. And other research suggests that regular exercise can help slow down the progression of Parkinson's. Various programs show that dancing,cycling, Pilates and even boxing can help. But walking has a big advantage – people can do it anywhere, without special equipment, and on their own schedules.
Keyword: Parkinsons
Link ID: 19786 - Posted: 07.03.2014
Simon Makin Running helps mice to recover from a type of blindness caused by sensory deprivation early in life, researchers report. The study, published on 26 June in eLife1, also illuminates processes underlying the brain's ability to rewire itself in response to experience — a phenomenon known as plasticity, which neuroscientists believe is the basis of learning. More than 50 years ago, neurophysiologists David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel cracked the 'code' used to send information from the eyes to the brain. They also showed that the visual cortex develops properly only if it receives input from both eyes early in life. If one eye is deprived of sight during this 'critical period', the result is amblyopia, or 'lazy eye', a state of near blindness. This can happen to someone born with a droopy eyelid, cataract or other defect not corrected in time. If the eye is opened in adulthood, recovery can be slow and incomplete. In 2010, neuroscientists Christopher Niell and Michael Stryker, both at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), showed that running more than doubled the response of mice's visual cortex neurons to visual stimulation2 (see 'Neuroscience: Through the eyes of a mouse'). Stryker says that it is probably more important, and taxing, to keep track of the environment when navigating it at speed, and that lower responsiveness at rest may have evolved to conserve energy in less-demanding situations. "It makes sense to put the visual system in a high-gain state when you're moving through the environment, because vision tells you about far away things, whereas touch only tells you about things that are close," he says. © 2014 Nature Publishing Group
Keyword: Vision; Regeneration
Link ID: 19779 - Posted: 07.01.2014
By Jim Tankersley COLUMBUS, Ohio — First they screwed the end of the gray cord into the metal silo rising out of Ian Burkhart's skull. Later they laid his right forearm across two foam cylinders, and they wrapped it with thin strips that looked like film from an old home movie camera. They ran him through some practice drills, and then it was time for him to try. If he succeeded at this next task, it would be science fiction come true: His thoughts would bypass his broken spinal cord. With the help of an algorithm and some electrodes, he would move his once-dead limb again — a scientific first. "Ready?" the young engineer, Nick Annetta, asked from the computer to his left. "Three. Two. One." Burkhart, 23, marshaled every neuron he could muster, and he thought about his hand. 1 of 14 The last time the hand obeyed him, it was 2010 and Burkhart was running into the Atlantic Ocean. The hand had gripped the steering wheel as he drove the van from Ohio University to North Carolina's Outer Banks, where he and friends were celebrating the end of freshman year. The hand unclenched to drop his towel on the sand. Burkhart splashed into the waves, the hand flying above his head, the ocean warm around his feet, the sun roasting his arms, and he dived. In an instant, he felt nothing. Not his hand. Not his legs. Only the breeze drying the saltwater on his face.
Keyword: Robotics
Link ID: 19770 - Posted: 06.25.2014
THE star of the World Cup may not be able to bend it like Beckham, but they might be able to kick a ball using the power of their mind. If all goes to plan, a paralysed young adult will use an exoskeleton controlled by their thoughtsMovie Camera to take the first kick of the football tournament in Thursday's opening ceremony in São Paulo, Brazil. The exoskeleton belongs to the Walk Again Project, an international collaboration using technology to overcome paralysis. Since December, the project has been training eight paralysed people to use the suit, which supports the lower body and is controlled by brain activity detected by a cap of electrodes placed over the head. The brain signals are sent to a computer, which converts them into movement. Lead robotic engineer Gordon Cheng, at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, says that there is a phenomenal amount of technology within the exoskeleton, including sensors that feed information about pressure and temperature back to the arms of the user, which still have sensation. The team hopes this will replicate to some extent the feeling of kicking a ball. The exoskeleton isn't the only technology on show in Brazil. FIFA has announced that fans will decide who is man of the match by voting for their favourite player on Twitter during the second half of each game using #ManOfTheMatch. © Copyright Reed Business Information Ltd.
Keyword: Robotics
Link ID: 19720 - Posted: 06.12.2014
by Laura Sanders Transplanted cells can flourish for over a decade in the brain of a person with Parkinson's disease, scientists write in the June 26 Cell Reports. Finding that these cells have staying power may encourage clinicians to pursue stem cell transplants, a still-experimental way to counter the brain deterioration that comes with Parkinson's. Penelope Hallett of Harvard University and McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., and colleagues studied postmortem brain tissue from five people with advanced Parkinson's. The five had received stem cell transplants between four and 14 years earlier. In all five people's samples, neurons that originated from the transplanted cells showed signs of good health and appeared capable of sending messages with the brain chemical dopamine, a neurotransmitter that Parkinson's depletes. Results are mixed about whether these transplanted cells are a good way to ease Parkinson's symptoms. Some patients have shown improvements after the new cells stitched themselves into the brain, while others didn't benefit from them. The cells can also cause unwanted side effects such as involuntary movements. P. J. Hallett et al. Long-term health of dopaminergic neuron transplants in Parkinson's disease patients. Cell Reports. Vol. 7, June 26, 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.05.027. © Society for Science & the Public 2000 - 2013
Keyword: Parkinsons; Stem Cells
Link ID: 19707 - Posted: 06.07.2014
By Kelly Servick During the World Cup next week, there may be 1 minute during the opening ceremony when the boisterous stadium crowd in São Paulo falls silent: when a paraplegic young person wearing a brain-controlled, robotic exoskeleton attempts to rise from a wheelchair, walk several steps, and kick a soccer ball. The neuroscientist behind the planned event, Miguel Nicolelis, is familiar with the spotlight. His lab at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, pioneered brain-computer interfaces, using surgically implanted electrodes to read neural signals that can control robotic arms. Symbolically, the project is a homecoming for Nicolelis. He has portrayed it as a testament to the scientific progress and potential of his native Brazil, where he founded and directs the International Institute of Neuroscience of Natal. The press has showered him with attention, and the Brazilian government chipped in nearly $15 million in support. But scientifically, the project is a departure. Nicolelis first intended the exoskeleton to read signals from implanted electrodes, but decided instead to use a noninvasive, EEG sensor cap. That drew skepticism from Nicolelis's critics—and he has a few—that the system wouldn't really be a scientific advance. Others have developed crude EEG-based exoskeletons, they note, and it will be impossible to tell from the demo how this system compares. A bigger concern is that the event could generate false hope for paralyzed patients and give the public a skewed impression of the field's progress. © 2014 American Association for the Advancement of Science
Keyword: Robotics
Link ID: 19698 - Posted: 06.06.2014
By MICHAEL BEHAR One morning in May 1998, Kevin Tracey converted a room in his lab at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset, N.Y., into a makeshift operating theater and then prepped his patient — a rat — for surgery. A neurosurgeon, and also Feinstein Institute's president, Tracey had spent more than a decade searching for a link between nerves and the immune system. His work led him to hypothesize that stimulating the vagus nerve with electricity would alleviate harmful inflammation. "The vagus nerve is behind the artery where you feel your pulse," he told me recently, pressing his right index finger to his neck. The vagus nerve and its branches conduct nerve impulses — called action potentials — to every major organ. But communication between nerves and the immune system was considered impossible, according to the scientific consensus in 1998. Textbooks from the era taught, he said, "that the immune system was just cells floating around. Nerves don't float anywhere. Nerves are fixed in tissues." It would have been "inconceivable," he added, to propose that nerves were directly interacting with immune cells. Nonetheless, Tracey was certain that an interface existed, and that his rat would prove it. After anesthetizing the animal, Tracey cut an incision in its neck, using a surgical microscope to find his way around his patient's anatomy. With a hand-held nerve stimulator, he delivered several one-second electrical pulses to the rat's exposed vagus nerve. He stitched the cut closed and gave the rat a bacterial toxin known to promote the production of tumor necrosis factor, or T.N.F., a protein that triggers inflammation in animals, including humans. "We let it sleep for an hour, then took blood tests," he said. The bacterial toxin should have triggered rampant inflammation, but instead the production of tumor necrosis factor was blocked by 75 percent. "For me, it was a life-changing moment," Tracey said. What he had demonstrated was that the nervous system was like a computer terminal through which you could deliver commands to stop a problem, like acute inflammation, before it starts, or repair a body after it gets sick. "All the information is coming and going as electrical signals," Tracey said. For months, he'd been arguing with his staff, whose members considered this rat project of his harebrained. "Half of them were in the hallway betting against me," Tracey said. © 2014 The New York Times Company
Keyword: Robotics
Link ID: 19649 - Posted: 05.23.2014
A drug to treat a particular form of Duchenne muscular dystrophy has been given the green light by the European Medicines Agency and could be available in the UK in six months. Translarna is only relevant to patients with a 'nonsense mutation', who make up 10-15% of those affected by Duchenne. The EMA decided not to pass the drug in January, but they have since re-examined the evidence. A campaign group said the drug must reach the right children without delay. There are currently no approved therapies available for this life-threatening condition. The patients who will benefit the most are those aged five years and over who are still able to walk, the EMA said. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a genetic disease that gradually causes weakness and loss of muscle function. Patients with the condition lack normal dystrophin, a protein found in muscles, which helps to protect muscles from injury. In patients with the disease, the muscles become damaged and eventually stop working. There are 2,400 children in the UK living with muscular dystrophy, but only those whose condition is caused by a particular 'nonsense mutation' - namely 200 children - are suitable to use Translarna. The drug, ataluren, will be known by the brand name of Translarna in the EU. It was developed by PTC Therapeutics. The next step will see the European Commission rubberstamp the EMA's scientific 'green light' within the next three months and authorise the drug to be marketed in the European Union. At that point, individual member states, including the UK, must decide how it will be funded. The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign is calling for urgent meetings with National Institute of Health of Clinical Excellence (NICE) and NHS England to discuss how Translarna can be cleared for approval and use in the UK. It said families in the UK could have access to the drug by spring 2015. Robert Meadowcroft, chief executive of the campaign, said: "This decision by the EMA is fantastic news. BBC © 2014
Keyword: Muscles; Movement Disorders
Link ID: 19648 - Posted: 05.23.2014
By JAMES GORMAN If an exercise wheel sits in a forest, will mice run on it? Every once in a while, science asks a simple question and gets a straightforward answer. In this case, yes, they will. And not only mice, but also rats, shrews, frogs and slugs. True, the frogs did not exactly run, and the slugs probably ended up on the wheel by accident, but the mice clearly enjoyed it. That, scientists said, means that wheel-running is not a neurotic behavior found only in caged mice. They like the wheel. Two researchers in the Netherlands did an experiment that it seems nobody had tried before. They placed exercise wheels outdoors in a yard garden and in an area of dunes, and monitored the wheels with motion detectors and automatic cameras. They were inspired by questions from animal welfare committees at universities about whether mice were really enjoying wheel-running, an activity used in all sorts of studies, or were instead like bears pacing in a cage, stressed and neurotic. Would they run on a wheel if they were free? Now there is no doubt. Mice came to the wheels like human beings to a health club holding a spring membership sale. They made the wheels spin. They hopped on, hopped off and hopped back on. "When I saw the first mice, I was extremely happy," said Johanna H. Meijer at Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. "I had to laugh about the results, but at the same time, I take it very seriously. It's funny, and it's important at the same time." Dr. Meijer's day job is as a "brain electrophysiologist" studying biological rhythms in mice. She relished the chance to get out of the laboratory and study wild animals, and in a way that no one else had. © 2014 The New York Times Company
Keyword: Emotions; Biological Rhythms
Link ID: 19641 - Posted: 05.20.2014
Dr. Mark Saleh Bell's palsy is a neurological condition frequently seen in emergency rooms and medical offices. Symptoms consist of weakness involving all muscles on one side of the face. About 40,000 cases occur annually in the United States. Men and women are equally affected, and though it can occur at any age, people in their 40s are especially vulnerable. The facial weakness that occurs in Bell's palsy prevents the eye of the affected side from blinking properly and causes the mouth to droop. Because the eyelid doesn't close sufficiently, the eye can dry and become irritated. Bell's palsy symptoms progress fairly rapidly, with weakness usually occurring within three days. If the progression of weakness is more gradual and extends beyond a week, Bell's palsy may not be the problem, and other potential causes should be investigated. Those with certain medical conditions, such as diabetes or pregnancy, are at greater risk of developing Bell's palsy, and those who have had one episode have an 8 percent chance of recurrence. Bell's palsy is thought to occur when the seventh cranial (facial) nerve becomes inflamed. The nerve controls the muscles involved in facial expression and is responsible for other functions, including taste perception, eye tearing and salivation. The cause of the inflammation is unknown, although the herpes simplex virus and autoimmune inflammation are possible causes. © 2014 Hearst Communications, Inc.
Keyword: Movement Disorders
Link ID: 19637 - Posted: 05.20.2014
Katia Moskvitch The hundreds of suckers on an octopus's eight arms leech reflexively to almost anything they come into contact with — but never grasp the animal itself, even though an octopus does not always know what its arms are doing. Today, researchers reveal that the animal's skin produces a chemical that stops the octopus's suckers from grabbing hold of its own body parts, and getting tangled up. "Octopus arms have a built-in mechanism that prevents the suckers from grabbing octopus skin," says neuroscientist Guy Levy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the lead author of the work, which appears today in Current Biology1. It is the first demonstration of a chemical self-recognition mechanism in motor control, and could help scientists to build better bio-inspired soft robots. To find out just how an octopus avoids latching onto itself, Levy and his colleagues cut off an octopus's arm and subjected it to a series of tests. (The procedure is not considered traumatic, says Levy, because octopuses occasionally lose an arm in nature and behave normally while the limb regenerates.) The severed arms remained active for more than an hour after amputation, firmly grabbing almost any object, with three exceptions: the former host; any other live octopus; and other amputated arms. "But when we peeled the skin off an amputated arm and submitted it to another amputated arm, we were surprised to see that it grabbed the skinned arm as any other item," says co-author Nir Nesher, also a neuroscientist at the Hebrew University. © 2014 Nature Publishing Group,
Keyword: Miscellaneous
Link ID: 19623 - Posted: 05.15.2014
By Suzanne Allard Levingston, Playing with bubble wrap is a silly activity that delights most preschoolers. But for one 21 / 2-year-old from Silver Spring, loud noises such as the pop of plastic bubbles were so upsetting that he would cover his ears and run away. Some days the sound of a vacuum cleaner would make him scream. The child so persistently avoided activities with too much noise and motion that his preschool's administrators asked to meet with his family — and soon an assessment led to a diagnosis of sensory processing disorder, or SPD. SPD is a clinical label for people who have abnormal behavioral responses to sensory input such as sound and touch. Some children with SPD seem oversensitive to ordinary stimuli such as a shirt label's scratching their skin. Others can be underresponsive — seemingly unaffected by the prick of a needle. A third group have motor problems that make holding a pencil or riding a bike seem impossible. Whatever the difficulty, such kids are often described as "out-of-sync," a term popularized by Carol Stock Kranowitz's 1998 book "The Out-of-Sync Child," which has sold nearly 700,000 copies. As many as 16 percent of school-age kids in the United States may face sensory processing challenges. And yet there's debate over whether these challenges constitute a discrete medical disorder. Some experts contend that SPD may be merely a symptom of some other ailment — autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety disorder or fragile X syndrome, for example — while others insist it is a separate condition that should be labeled a disorder when it interferes with daily life. The debate over how to classify SPD is not merely matter of semantics. Such discussions can affect research funding and can guide whether insurers will reimburse therapy costs. © 1996-2014 The Washington Post
by Lisa Grossman Hasta la vista, nerve damage. Experiments with bullfrog nerves show that a Terminator-style liquid metal alloy could one day be placed in the body to help severed nerves reconnect. The alloy would stay in place until the nerve has healed, before being slurped back out with a syringe. The peripheral nervous system consists of nerves that carry electrical signals from the brain to the rest of the body. Because they aren't protected by the spine or the skull, peripheral nerves are more vulnerable to injuries than those in the central nervous system. Severed nerves can reconnect if treated quickly enough, but at a rate of just 1 millimetre per day. Also, existing methodsMovie Camera for grafting nerve ends back together have serious shortcomings. For instance, most existing scaffolds for grafts must ultimately be removed, requiring risky follow-up surgery. Even more worrisome, if the nerves don't pass signals to muscles during the healing process, the muscles can atrophy to the point where they never fully recover. Liu and his colleagues wondered if liquid metal could act as a backup system for damaged nerves, helping signals pass through a graft while the nerve healed. They used an alloy of gallium, indium and selenium, which is a very good electrical conductor. The alloy is liquid at room temperature, allowing it to be removed with a syringe when it's no longer needed. © Copyright Reed Business Information Ltd.
Keyword: Regeneration; Robotics
Link ID: 19560 - Posted: 05.03.2014


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International Fine Art Shipping ex Manhattan
I need to arrange for a very large (73.7 x 81.4) fine art painting to be shipped from New York to Ireland. The painting is acrylic on cotton duck, stretched canvas. Can anyone point me to a fine art shipping service in Manhattan that will collect from a secure art storage facility in Brooklyn, crate and ship? [more inside]
Do you have a city with an awesome mass transit app?
I just read this comment, and thought this was AWESOME. But unfortunately, it kinda doesn't work. Does your city have an app (iOS preferable, but I can always get a cheap android phone to check it out), that has an AWESOME app for mass transit? Whats the app? "Real time tracker" is what I'm looking for (i think). It need not be awesome in terms of fonts, design, etc. I kinda just want it to be more than a list of schedules. [more inside]
Best way to transport a cat from Helsinki to London?
(Asking for a friend) Looking for the cheapest/simplest option to get a pet cat from Helsinki to London in the end of March. [more inside]
Need recommendations for reliable car service in Mumbai
The imperial family and I will be traveling to Mumbai in a couple of weeks. We'll be arriving at a profoundly unfriendly hour of the night with three children 12 & under. We need to get from the airport down to the Fort District without getting taken for a ride, as it were. What do you recommend: Taxi rank at the airport? Reliable car service? Recommendations sought.
restaurants in Madrid, Spain or roads exiting for 2 pm tomorrow?
At short notice we'll be flying into Barajas tomorrow at 11am, picking up family at Av De America bus station at 12.30 and driving down to Malaga. I haven't lived in Madrid for 20 years but I do know that restaurants around Principe de Vergara are unlikely to have come down in price! Are there smaller locations as we exit Madrid that would be better options for a family of 6? what's traffic like at this time of the year? what's the latest serving time? thanks..
Transporting Christmas Dinner
I want to do a special day after Christmas dinner for myself and my boyfriend. The only thing is, I'll be in a car for 6-7 hours heading back from my parents' before I'll be back at my house. I'm looking for ideas for a festive meal that can be transported in a cooler for that long and will reheat well once I'm home, or be really tasty served cold. [more inside]
Who can carry around a handgun in California?
My father recently bought a pistol in California. Can I take it to the range by myself, i.e. without my father coming with me? [more inside]
How do I transport an insect collection in a car?
I have an insect cabinet that I need to transport from North Carolina to Georgia, and then from Georgia to Nevada. How do I do this without destroying all the beautiful fragile things within? [more inside]
How should I transport my unenclosed hard drive?
My old laptop finally failed, and I want to take the hard drive home with me. The laptop is gigantic, and I don't want to lug it home on the train. I am leaving tomorrow morning. I don't have a static-resistant bag, and won't have time to get one before I leave. What's the best way to transport my unenclosed hard drive in my luggage? Assume I don't have any tin foil, paper bags, or cardboard boxes. I do have paper towels, regular towels, packing tape, plastic bags, and bubble wrap.
Cheap city centre hotel in Zurich hotel with good pub trans links?
I will be heading to Zurich to see the end of the EV Wave event in early July and need a city centre hotel that is affordable to stay at. Good public transport links are a must as this is how I will be getting around. Suggestions? [more inside]
Deciding to transition from car to bicycle
I'm considering selling my car and transitioning from using my car for most tasks (groceries, commuting to work, seeing friends, etc) to using mostly my bicycle for these same things. I plan to also get an "occasional" Zip car membership as well. Has anyone out there gone through this process? How was that transition for you and do you have any concrete advice for someone like me who is thinking about this pretty big shift in changing modes of transportation? [more inside]
Where should we live in the Boston area?
You guys helped me land the job, now please help us figure out where to live! I'll be working in the Back Bay area and my husband in Waltham, near Prospect Park (thus not near the train station). [more inside]
Denver, Estes Park, Red Rocks - and no car!
My girlfriend and I are visiting Denver in mid-June for five days, primarily to see Devotchka to play at Red Rocks - but we're keen to do a bit of sightseeing as well. Our current plan is to go straight from DIA to Estes Park via shuttle bus, stay there for a couple of days, do some hikes, etc, then (somehow?!) get to Downtown Denver. We'd drop our bags there, get a taxi (or similar) to Red Rocks and back for the concert, and then head to DIA. Hiring a car isn't an option... does this sound sane? [more inside]
Too Big To Mail
How I can I get a 4x4 ft. painting from Brooklyn to the eastern panhandle of West Virginia in the cheapest way possible? [more inside]
Best way to transport a bike?
What is the best/most economical way to transport a bike without driving it? I am trying to move a bike from LA to SF.
Smaller smart card for public transport?
Possible to get/make a small version of my Dutch public transport card? [more inside]
How to get guests from the parking lot to the wedding?
Wedding transport help. A friend of mine is getting married and I'm helping arrange logistics. We're going to have the guests all park in a public parking lot about a mile from the site of the wedding (which is at someone's house - there is no closer place than this parking lot to fit ~100 guests' cars). The question is how best to get them from the parking lot to the site of the wedding? More details below. [more inside]
Help needed with travel for blind person
London transport: help needed to plan a journey for a blind person [more inside]
Ships shipping ships?
This picture (of what looks like a pile of cargo ships in the water) is doing the email rounds as "a ship that ships ships". What is it?
Transport to Coachella festival
Staying in Palm Springs for Coachella next weekend. What's the best way to get to/from the festival? [more inside]
Dinner is served...3 hours from now
What to make for dinner for 4 - 6 people that can handle with a 3 hour car ride with no cooler? [more inside]
Help a Brit with an American travel conundrum?
I need to get to Indian River County in Florida from Orlando International Airport. How am I going to do it? [more inside]
Freight Transport and Logistics Lectures
Recommendations for interesting/inspiring lectures on the topic of freight transport, and logistics? [more inside]
Woburn to South Station in Boston
Boston Mefites: I need to get from Woburn/Anderson to South Station on Wednesday morning, probably close to 7:00 AM, and I will have a heavy bag. Don't really want to take the T.... [more inside]
Is it a good idea to use Groupon, Scoopon or other 'deal of the day' websites to organize car maintenance and servicing?
Is it a good idea to use Groupon, Scoopon or other 'deal of the day' websites to organize car maintenance and servicing? [more inside]
Technology museums in Washington DC
Washington DC museums - What are some good museums in DC for the history of technology, transport, computers, etc. - I do know about the Smithsonian and their Air and Space Museum. Thanks!
Noob Scooter Questions
Commuter filter: I'd like to explore the possibilities of getting a scooter or motorcycle for my ~1.5 mile trip from home to the train station. [more inside]
Terribly confused looking for a bike
What should I be looking for in buying a bike? [more inside]
Can I mod an adult trike to carry kids in the back?
Can I mod an adult trike to carry kids in the back? [more inside]
material girl
How can I transport all of my stuff very cheaply? [more inside]
Language/Transport in Vilnius, lithuania?
Hi everyone! I am visiting Vilnius, Lithuania the last week of this month for a concert. I'm planning my trip but I would like some advice about public transport and language. [more inside]
Been hit by a bus... What next?
This morning I was hit by a bus while cycling to work. I'm not badly hurt but currently in hospital waiting to have my shoulder checked and cuts cleaned out. I'm in London, England. The bus driver was 100% to blame. The police have taken a statement from me and I have two phone numbers from witnesses. What should I be doing now to make sure I receive adequate compensation and the driver is dealt with appropriately?
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles...
What's the best transportation option for visiting NYC, then going to Long Island for a wedding, and then getting back to La Guardia? [more inside]
Help me transport a pie on Thanksgiving!
A Portable Thanksgiving: Help me figure out how to transport a pie on an airplane! [more inside]
Metra trip
Fun places to go on the Chicago-area commuter rail system? [more inside]
Can I transport a ping pong table on top of a minivan?
Can I transport a ping pong table on top of a minivan? [more inside]
Freighting a horse to Banbury Cross from Australia
Recommendations, personal experiences etc on moving a horse from Australia to UK? [more inside]
How to get stuff from MA to TX
I live in Austin, Texas. I have books and music equipment in Easthapton, Mass. I will be up there in June and have looked for rental vehicles to drive back to Texas. The cost for a one way U-haul is about $1400. Avis charges $1200. I-Pod shipping cost over $2000. Is there any other way to get my stuff to Texas without the cost of a used car?
Traveling to Greece in September 2010?
Is it advisable to travel to Greece this September? [more inside]
Buy a case for a double bass?
Mrs Singingfish has the opportunity to have her double bass transported from Europe to Australia in a shipping container. At present she has no case for it, but the container she's getting it shipped in will also going to have a baby grand piano in it, so the container will be being packed by professional instrument movers, so the bass will be crated etc. Do you think she should buy a soft case for extra insurance? A hard (flight) case is out of the question due to cost and bulk.
Is walking an option?
Cheap transportation between Prague/Vienna and Graz? [more inside]
Wireless DAW transport control without internet?
I want to wirelessly control basic transport functions in my recording software without using an internet-based network or buying a Frontier Tranzport. Specifically, I'd like to use my iPhone 3G to connect to a local network that I will create, including a Mac G4 with OS 10.4.x and an Intel G5 with 10.4.11. How do I do this?
You can do almost anything with a Pelican...
Pelican-question: I need to transport some heavy equipment in medium-sized Pelican cases. The default soft gray pick-and-pluck foam is too soft and compressible for this purpose. I'm looking for a source to buy sheets or blocks of a very dense black foam that can be cut to my custom shapes with a hot wire knife. [more inside]
Hard case for my Xbox 360?
I'm looking for a good hard case to transport an Xbox 360 in. [more inside]
What is my risk here?
I live in Canada. I have a friend in US who is battling cancer. She has asked me to pick up an alternative cancer remedy and bring it over the border to her in New York. [more inside]
Chongqing - How is the expansion of the metro going?
Anybody in Chongqing? How is the expansion of the metro going? Especially to the Tiandi development? [more inside]
Pick a rolling hard case for transporting meeting IT hardware
Help me find a good box to transport a projector, laptop, cables and power cords in, preferably with wheels etc. [more inside]
Who can arrange pet-transport from Kastrup?
Does anyone know of an individual or organisation based in Copenhagen, Denmark, who can organise the transport of pets (specifically dogs and cats) from Copenhagen's Kastrup airport to the UK?
Walk home from dinner or carry a lunch?
Okay to walk back to our hotel (Riverfront Residence Inn) from Simpatica (Portland, Or) on a Saturday night? [more inside]
Buying a left-hand-drive car from the UK?
What is the best way to buy a left-hand-drive car given that I live in the UK? [more inside]
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