locomotion

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The LIS researchers teamed up with Auke Ijspeert of EPFL's BioRobotics Lab, and with Monica Daley's Neuromechanics Lab at University of California, Irvine, to adapt bird biomechanics to robotic locomotion.

From Science Daily • Dec. 6, 2024

She suspects vaults have a role in cell locomotion, perhaps by regulating expression of other proteins that form extensions that help cells get around.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 6, 2024

These small segments are partitioned off from one another, which “seals off the fluid and makes a water balloon,” explains Bruce Jayne, a biology professor and animal locomotion researcher at the University of Cincinnati.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2024

Fish, however, have a greater need to optimize their locomotion than for animals moving in the air or on land.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024

Standing up, it’s easier to scan the savannah for game or enemies, and arms that are unnecessary for locomotion are freed for other purposes, like throwing stones or signalling.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari