The body uses protein-based molecular motors to perform functions essential to life. Now, researchers have created ‘The Lawnmower,’ the first synthetic motor modeled on those found in nature that ...

Julio Sanchez recalls being in high school when the Space Shuttle Endeavour rolled into Los Angeles in 2012. Eleven years later, Sanchez, now a father of two young children, milled about near the ...

DNA-nanoparticle motors are exactly as they sound: tiny artificial motors that use the structures of DNA and RNA to propel motion by enzymatic RNA degradation. Essentially, chemical energy is ...

Toxic link A toxin in blue-green algae could be taken up by the body's proteins and trigger motor neurone disease, new research suggests. Recent studies have identified a link between the consumption ...

Scientists have identified acquisition of two types of internal models for motor control, which are likely to be stored in the cerebellum. They show that motor control in human hand reaching movement ...

Welcome to the Huffines Institute Blog, where the best and brightest students in the Health and Kinesiology Department at Texas A&M get the chance to showcase their work! This week's piece is written ...