locomotion
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The paper, "New finds shed light on diet and locomotion in Australopithecus deyiremeda," appears in the journal Nature.
From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2025
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
In this crawl, called rectilinear locomotion, “the skeleton is basically sliding inside of the skin,” says Jayne.
From Slate • Mar. 8, 2024
With that complete understanding of the principle of motor locomotion, I drove down the mountainside toward Calexico, some fifty miles away.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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