#biomechanics — Public Fediverse posts

🏋️‍♂️📏 Olympic weightlifters utilize #physics to lift massive weights by timing their movements with the barbell’s flexibility.

As the steel bar bends and oscillates, athletes catch the upward "whip" to gain momentum. The technique allows lifters to move loads that would otherwise remain stationary through precise mechanical synchronization.

👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/the-physics-of-how-olympic-weightlifters-exploit-barbells-whip/

#science #sports #engineering #biomechanics #research #discovery #education #mechanics #energy #olympics #science

🏋️‍♂️📏 Olympic weightlifters utilize #physics to lift massive weights by timing their movements with the barbell’s flexibility.

As the steel bar bends and oscillates, athletes catch the upward "whip" to gain momentum. The technique allows lifters to move loads that would otherwise remain stationary through precise mechanical synchronization.

👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/the-physics-of-how-olympic-weightlifters-exploit-barbells-whip/

#science #sports #engineering #biomechanics #research #discovery #education #mechanics #energy #olympics #science

🏋️‍♂️📏 Olympic weightlifters utilize #physics to lift massive weights by timing their movements with the barbell’s flexibility.

As the steel bar bends and oscillates, athletes catch the upward "whip" to gain momentum. The technique allows lifters to move loads that would otherwise remain stationary through precise mechanical synchronization.

👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/the-physics-of-how-olympic-weightlifters-exploit-barbells-whip/

#science #sports #engineering #biomechanics #research #discovery #education #mechanics #energy #olympics #science

🏋️‍♂️📏 Olympic weightlifters utilize #physics to lift massive weights by timing their movements with the barbell’s flexibility.

As the steel bar bends and oscillates, athletes catch the upward "whip" to gain momentum. The technique allows lifters to move loads that would otherwise remain stationary through precise mechanical synchronization.

👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/the-physics-of-how-olympic-weightlifters-exploit-barbells-whip/

#science #sports #engineering #biomechanics #research #discovery #education #mechanics #energy #olympics #science

🏋️‍♂️📏 Olympic weightlifters utilize #physics to lift massive weights by timing their movements with the barbell’s flexibility.

As the steel bar bends and oscillates, athletes catch the upward "whip" to gain momentum. The technique allows lifters to move loads that would otherwise remain stationary through precise mechanical synchronization.

👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/the-physics-of-how-olympic-weightlifters-exploit-barbells-whip/

#science #sports #engineering #biomechanics #research #discovery #education #mechanics #energy #olympics #science

🎢⚙️ The mechanics of #rollercoasters rely on controlled forces like #gravity and acceleration to simulate #danger while maintaining high #safety standards.

Modern rides follow strict #engineering protocols for #design and testing before they ever open to the public. While the risk of injury is statistically low, #safety relies on rigorous mechanical inspections and riders following height and #health #guidelines.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/are-roller-coasters-safe/

#science #physics #biology #health #biomechanics #education #stem #physiology

🎢⚙️ The mechanics of #rollercoasters rely on controlled forces like #gravity and acceleration to simulate #danger while maintaining high #safety standards.

Modern rides follow strict #engineering protocols for #design and testing before they ever open to the public. While the risk of injury is statistically low, #safety relies on rigorous mechanical inspections and riders following height and #health #guidelines.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/are-roller-coasters-safe/

#science #physics #biology #health #biomechanics #education #stem #physiology

🎢⚙️ The mechanics of #rollercoasters rely on controlled forces like #gravity and acceleration to simulate #danger while maintaining high #safety standards.

Modern rides follow strict #engineering protocols for #design and testing before they ever open to the public. While the risk of injury is statistically low, #safety relies on rigorous mechanical inspections and riders following height and #health #guidelines.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/are-roller-coasters-safe/

#science #physics #biology #health #biomechanics #education #stem #physiology

🎢⚙️ The mechanics of #rollercoasters rely on controlled forces like #gravity and acceleration to simulate #danger while maintaining high #safety standards.

Modern rides follow strict #engineering protocols for #design and testing before they ever open to the public. While the risk of injury is statistically low, #safety relies on rigorous mechanical inspections and riders following height and #health #guidelines.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/are-roller-coasters-safe/

#science #physics #biology #health #biomechanics #education #stem #physiology

🎢⚙️ The mechanics of #rollercoasters rely on controlled forces like #gravity and acceleration to simulate #danger while maintaining high #safety standards.

Modern rides follow strict #engineering protocols for #design and testing before they ever open to the public. While the risk of injury is statistically low, #safety relies on rigorous mechanical inspections and riders following height and #health #guidelines.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/are-roller-coasters-safe/

#science #physics #biology #health #biomechanics #education #stem #physiology

🦅🐘 Researchers explain that the #energy required for a giant #bird to take off would exceed the metabolic limits of avian #biology.

Modern bird #anatomy evolved for efficiency and lightweight strength which creates a hard ceiling on how large a flying #animal can become.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/theres-a-reason-we-dont-have-birds-the-size-of-elephants/

#evolution #ornithology #physics #science #nature #zoology #birds #paleontology #stem #biomechanics

🦅🐘 Researchers explain that the #energy required for a giant #bird to take off would exceed the metabolic limits of avian #biology.

Modern bird #anatomy evolved for efficiency and lightweight strength which creates a hard ceiling on how large a flying #animal can become.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/theres-a-reason-we-dont-have-birds-the-size-of-elephants/

#evolution #ornithology #physics #science #nature #zoology #birds #paleontology #stem #biomechanics

🦅🐘 Researchers explain that the #energy required for a giant #bird to take off would exceed the metabolic limits of avian #biology.

Modern bird #anatomy evolved for efficiency and lightweight strength which creates a hard ceiling on how large a flying #animal can become.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/theres-a-reason-we-dont-have-birds-the-size-of-elephants/

#evolution #ornithology #physics #science #nature #zoology #birds #paleontology #stem #biomechanics

🦅🐘 Researchers explain that the #energy required for a giant #bird to take off would exceed the metabolic limits of avian #biology.

Modern bird #anatomy evolved for efficiency and lightweight strength which creates a hard ceiling on how large a flying #animal can become.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/theres-a-reason-we-dont-have-birds-the-size-of-elephants/

#evolution #ornithology #physics #science #nature #zoology #birds #paleontology #stem #biomechanics

🦅🐘 Researchers explain that the #energy required for a giant #bird to take off would exceed the metabolic limits of avian #biology.

Modern bird #anatomy evolved for efficiency and lightweight strength which creates a hard ceiling on how large a flying #animal can become.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/theres-a-reason-we-dont-have-birds-the-size-of-elephants/

#evolution #ornithology #physics #science #nature #zoology #birds #paleontology #stem #biomechanics

https://www.europesays.com/ie/476809/ Meet The Worm That Hunts With A Slime Cannon — A Biologist Explains #biology #Biomechanics #Éire #Evolution #EvolutionaryBiology #IE #Ireland #Onychophora #Science #Slime #SlimeCannon #VelvetWorm #VelvetWormSlime #VelvetWorms

https://youtu.be/cx6fYIRUzVg

Lioness Walking (1887) Eadweard Muybridge

A lioness walking. Animal Locomotion.

#FilmHistory #PublicDomain #EadweardMuybridge #AnimalLocomotion #StudyOfMotion #MagicLantern #chronophotography #phenakistiscope #phénakisticope #collotype #biomechanics #1880s #lion #lioness

https://youtu.be/cx6fYIRUzVg

Lioness Walking (1887) Eadweard Muybridge

A lioness walking. Animal Locomotion.

#FilmHistory #PublicDomain #EadweardMuybridge #AnimalLocomotion #StudyOfMotion #MagicLantern #chronophotography #phenakistiscope #phénakisticope #collotype #biomechanics #1880s #lion #lioness

https://youtu.be/dFkHBW6znqE

Lion Walking 2 (1887) Eadweard Muybridge

A lion walking. Animal Locomotion.

#FilmHistory #PublicDomain #EadweardMuybridge #AnimalLocomotion #StudyOfMotion #MagicLantern #chronophotography #phenakistiscope #phénakisticope #collotype #biomechanics #1880s #VintageCinema #lion

https://youtu.be/dFkHBW6znqE

Lion Walking 2 (1887) Eadweard Muybridge

A lion walking. Animal Locomotion.

#FilmHistory #PublicDomain #EadweardMuybridge #AnimalLocomotion #StudyOfMotion #MagicLantern #chronophotography #phenakistiscope #phénakisticope #collotype #biomechanics #1880s #VintageCinema #lion

https://youtu.be/TeP5KzSLJNQ

Lion Walking (1887) Eadweard Muybridge

A lion walking. Animal Locomotion.

#FilmHistory #PublicDomain #EadweardMuybridge #AnimalLocomotion #StudyOfMotion #MagicLantern #chronophotography #phenakistiscope #phénakisticope #collotype #biomechanics #1880s #VintageCinema #lion

https://youtu.be/TeP5KzSLJNQ

Lion Walking (1887) Eadweard Muybridge

A lion walking. Animal Locomotion.

#FilmHistory #PublicDomain #EadweardMuybridge #AnimalLocomotion #StudyOfMotion #MagicLantern #chronophotography #phenakistiscope #phénakisticope #collotype #biomechanics #1880s #VintageCinema #lion

Researchers have developed a novel mathematical model that treats biological tissue as a fluid composed of elongated, aligned particles to explain how surrounding cellular forces influence the speed and shape of wound closure. The model demonstrates that the structural orientation of cells around a wound actively dictates healing dynamics.
#TheoreticalPhysics #AppliedMathematics #Biomechanics #Mechanobiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/phy04272601.html

🕷️🕸️ #Spiders produce #silk by funneling #protein chains through tapering tubes and spigots that apply protective coatings. The process creates a material that remains flexible at low temperatures and rivals the strength of #steel.

👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/how-spiders-make-silk

#biology #nature #insects #engineering #science #wildlife #invertebrates #evolution #biomechanics

🫧 Is there a point where hydration stops helping, and starts harming tissue integrity?

🔗 How Hydration Weakens Collagen: A Mesoscale Energy Decomposition of Type I and Type II Fibrils. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ). DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0050

📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj

#Collagen #Biomaterials #TissueEngineering #Cartilage #Biomechanics #BiomedicalEngineering #MolecularBiology #Biophysics #RegenerativeMedicine #Bioengineering

🫧 Is there a point where hydration stops helping, and starts harming tissue integrity?

🔗 How Hydration Weakens Collagen: A Mesoscale Energy Decomposition of Type I and Type II Fibrils. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ). DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0050

📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj

#Collagen #Biomaterials #TissueEngineering #Cartilage #Biomechanics #BiomedicalEngineering #MolecularBiology #Biophysics #RegenerativeMedicine #Bioengineering

🫧 Is there a point where hydration stops helping, and starts harming tissue integrity?

🔗 How Hydration Weakens Collagen: A Mesoscale Energy Decomposition of Type I and Type II Fibrils. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ). DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0050

📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj

#Collagen #Biomaterials #TissueEngineering #Cartilage #Biomechanics #BiomedicalEngineering #MolecularBiology #Biophysics #RegenerativeMedicine #Bioengineering

🫧 Is there a point where hydration stops helping, and starts harming tissue integrity?

🔗 How Hydration Weakens Collagen: A Mesoscale Energy Decomposition of Type I and Type II Fibrils. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ). DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0050

📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj

#Collagen #Biomaterials #TissueEngineering #Cartilage #Biomechanics #BiomedicalEngineering #MolecularBiology #Biophysics #RegenerativeMedicine #Bioengineering

🫧 Is there a point where hydration stops helping, and starts harming tissue integrity?

🔗 How Hydration Weakens Collagen: A Mesoscale Energy Decomposition of Type I and Type II Fibrils. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ). DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0050

📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj

#Collagen #Biomaterials #TissueEngineering #Cartilage #Biomechanics #BiomedicalEngineering #MolecularBiology #Biophysics #RegenerativeMedicine #Bioengineering

How To Walk Without A Brain

"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#SeaStar #biomechanics #robotics #Movement #Starfish #Biodiversity https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-to-walk-without-a-brain-c1fe1b055330

How To Walk Without A Brain

"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#SeaStar #biomechanics #robotics #Movement #Starfish #Biodiversity https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-to-walk-without-a-brain-c1fe1b055330

How To Walk Without A Brain

"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#SeaStar #biomechanics #robotics #Movement #Starfish #Biodiversity https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-to-walk-without-a-brain-c1fe1b055330

TIL overarm swimming technique teaching has competing sects that disagree about the path the hand takes in the power stroke.

There is the Straight Path.
There is the "S" Path.
The extremist Light Globe Path is in Australia - see below.

There are pretend ecumenicalists who have the S path being Straight+BodyRotation.

Stories of Conversions abound as do accounts of Unbelievers losing badly at swim meets.

#Swimming #OverarmSwimming #Religion #Biomechanics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxALJgQhV9o

https://youtu.be/C2KmcahUZyc

Leopard Walking (1887) Eadweard Muybridge

A leopard walking. Animal Locomotion.

#FilmHistory #EadweardMuybridge #AnimalLocomotion #chronophotography #phénakisticope #collotype #biomechanics #VintageCinema #CinephileCommunity #zoopraxiscope #zoopraxography #leopard

https://youtu.be/C2KmcahUZyc

Leopard Walking (1887) Eadweard Muybridge

A leopard walking. Animal Locomotion.

#FilmHistory #EadweardMuybridge #AnimalLocomotion #chronophotography #phénakisticope #collotype #biomechanics #VintageCinema #CinephileCommunity #zoopraxiscope #zoopraxography #leopard

Human skin model to help treat skin stiffened by age and disease

Researchers from The University of Western Australia will use biomaterials to create a lifelike 3D model of human…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #3Dmodel #Ageing #animaltesting #AU #Australia #Biomaterials #Biomechanics #collagen #humanskin #humanskintissue #LEOFoundation #personalisedmedicine #scarring #skindisease #skinfibrosis #skinproducts #skinstiffness
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/593155/

Human skin model to help treat skin stiffened by age and disease

Researchers from The University of Western Australia will use biomaterials to create a lifelike 3D model of human…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #3Dmodel #Ageing #animaltesting #AU #Australia #Biomaterials #Biomechanics #collagen #humanskin #humanskintissue #LEOFoundation #personalisedmedicine #scarring #skindisease #skinfibrosis #skinproducts #skinstiffness
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/593155/

3-Apr-2026
Engineering the bite of ancient marine predators
A new study compares the bite efficiency of #fossil #reptiles using advanced #engineering #simulations.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1122694

#science #ecology #paleontology #biomechanics

Are you doing your #PhD in #sportscience , #biomechanics , #movementscience , #publichealth or #sport #technology ? The @FAU is currently conducting a survey on #ResearchDataManagement.

If you can spare 10 minutes - consider to contribute and help to gain a better understanding on how PhD students collect, store, analyse and publish #data in their #research.

https://www.soscisurvey.de/forschungsdatenmanagement/

#Sportwissenschaft #Forschungsdatenmanagement

🐍🧗 Researchers analyzed how scrub #pythons and brown tree #snakes bridge gaps between perches. They found that these snakes concentrate bending #energy at their base to maintain stability, a finding that could influence future robotic designs.

👉 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-snakes-defy-gravity-to-stand-tall

💁🏻‍♀️✨ The secret design and movement of slithering snakes https://seethis.tv/post/38218729229

#biomechanics #physics #nature #science #biology #research #robotics #animals

🐍🧗 Researchers analyzed how scrub #pythons and brown tree #snakes bridge gaps between perches. They found that these snakes concentrate bending #energy at their base to maintain stability, a finding that could influence future robotic designs.

👉 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-snakes-defy-gravity-to-stand-tall

💁🏻‍♀️✨ The secret design and movement of slithering snakes https://seethis.tv/post/38218729229

#biomechanics #physics #nature #science #biology #research #robotics #animals

🐍🧗 Researchers analyzed how scrub #pythons and brown tree #snakes bridge gaps between perches. They found that these snakes concentrate bending #energy at their base to maintain stability, a finding that could influence future robotic designs.

👉 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-snakes-defy-gravity-to-stand-tall

💁🏻‍♀️✨ The secret design and movement of slithering snakes https://seethis.tv/post/38218729229

#biomechanics #physics #nature #science #biology #research #robotics #animals

🐍🧗 Researchers analyzed how scrub #pythons and brown tree #snakes bridge gaps between perches. They found that these snakes concentrate bending #energy at their base to maintain stability, a finding that could influence future robotic designs.

👉 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-snakes-defy-gravity-to-stand-tall

💁🏻‍♀️✨ The secret design and movement of slithering snakes https://seethis.tv/post/38218729229

#biomechanics #physics #nature #science #biology #research #robotics #animals

🐍🧗 Researchers analyzed how scrub #pythons and brown tree #snakes bridge gaps between perches. They found that these snakes concentrate bending #energy at their base to maintain stability, a finding that could influence future robotic designs.

👉 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-snakes-defy-gravity-to-stand-tall

💁🏻‍♀️✨ The secret design and movement of slithering snakes https://seethis.tv/post/38218729229

#biomechanics #physics #nature #science #biology #research #robotics #animals

Kurt Suzuki, Max Stassi help Angels catcher grow https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/648130/ #Angels #Baseball #biomechanics #DaultonBarry #DrivelineBaseball #La #LAAngels #LAAngels #LoganO'Hoppe #LosAngeles #LosAngelesAngels #LosAngeles #LosAngelesAngels #MiamiMarlins #MLB #PitchVelocity #PitchingDevelopment

Kurt Suzuki, Max Stassi help Angels catcher grow https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/648130/ #Angels #Baseball #biomechanics #DaultonBarry #DrivelineBaseball #La #LAAngels #LAAngels #LoganO'Hoppe #LosAngeles #LosAngelesAngels #LosAngeles #LosAngelesAngels #MiamiMarlins #MLB #PitchVelocity #PitchingDevelopment

Some 240-million-year-old ancient coelacanths utilized an ossified lung as a specialized sensory organ to detect and process underwater sound.
#Paleontology #EvolutionaryBiology #MarineBiology #Anatomy #Biomechanics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/pal03262601.html

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: ⛄🤖 #Disney and #Nvidia teamed up to build this free-roaming, #AI-powered Olaf #robot for #Disneyland #Paris. It uses advanced #engineering to shuffle across uneven ground and magnetic parts that can actually pop off, just like in the #movies.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/olaf-robot-frozen-disneyland-paris?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=olaf-robot-disneyland-paris

#biomechanics #cartoons #computers #cute #design #innovation #news #technology #tech #frozen #animation #tksst #video

⛄🤖 #Disney and #Nvidia teamed up to build this free-roaming, #AI-powered Olaf #robot for #Disneyland #Paris. It uses advanced #engineering to shuffle across uneven ground and magnetic parts that can actually pop off, just like in the #movies.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/olaf-robot-frozen-disneyland-paris?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=olaf-robot-disneyland-paris

#biomechanics #cartoons #computers #cute #design #innovation #news #technology #tech #frozen #animation #tksst #video

https://youtu.be/1hdlrz4zqf0

Kangaroo Jumping (1887) Eadweard Muybridge

A kangaroo jumping. Animal Locomotion.

#FilmHistory #PublicDomain #EadweardMuybridge #AnimalLocomotion #StudyOfMotion #MagicLantern #chronophotography #phenakistiscope #phénakisticope #collotype #biomechanics #1880s #VintageCinema