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#biomechanics

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Soh Kam Yung

"The musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus) weighs only 500 grams and looks a bit like a potoroo. It’s part of a lineage that extends back to before kangaroos evolved their distinctive hopping gait.
[...]
As the only living macropodoid [...] that doesn’t hop, they can provide a crucial insight into how and when this iconic form of locomotion evolved in Australia."

theconversation.com/we-found-t

The ConversationWe found the only kangaroo that doesn’t hop – and it can teach us how roos evolved their quirky gait
More from The Conversation AU + NZ
#Australia#Evolution#Biomechanics
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Squirrel-inspired leaping robot can stick a landing on a branch
sciencedaily.com/releases/2025

Free-ranging squirrels perform stable, above-branch landings by balancing using leg force and nonprehensile foot torque
journals.biologists.com/jeb/ar

Monopedal robot branch-to-branch leaping and landing inspired by squirrel balance control
science.org/doi/10.1126/scirob

Berkeley researchers trained this robot in squirrel jumping - YouTube
youtube.com/watch?v=N9FuMj74aNg

ScienceDailySquirrel-inspired leaping robot can stick a landing on a branchA leaping robot could have application in search and rescue, construction, even forest monitoring. But how do you design a robot to stick a landing on a branch or pipe? Biologists worked with robot designers to discover how squirrels do it, and used what they learned to design a one-legged robot with the balancing ability and leg biomechanics to correct for over- and undershooting and land successfully on a narrow perch.
#robotics#biomechanics#squirrels
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Soh Kam Yung

Of course @jgeekstudies would publish this. 🙂

"The ability of the Rancor to snap the femur with apparent ease poses interesting questions: (1) how much dorso-lateral force is required to snap a femur of the size used by Luke to stave off the Rancor in ROTJ? (2) Could the Rancor generate such force with its jaws? Lastly, (3) could any other extinct or extant organisms generate such force?"

jgeekstudies.org/2025/03/08/is

Journal of Geek Studies · Is a bone a viable weapon when combating a Rancor? Estimating the bite force of an intergalactic mega-predatorStephan Lautenschlager1,2 & Thomas Clements3 1School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. 2The Lapworth Museum of Geology, Birmingham, UK. 3…
#StarWars#Rancor#Biomechanics
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nickysjones

I’m Nicole, a PhD researcher in Biomechanics at UniSQ, studying exercise-induced muscle damage, repeated bout effects, and neuromuscular adaptations to eccentric exercise. My work explores how muscles adapt, recover, and build resilience, with applications in sports science and rehabilitation. Looking forward to connecting with researchers in biomechanics and exercise science!

#Biomechanics#ExerciseScience#PhDLife
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Why woodpeckers don’t get concussions
fermatslibrary.com/s/why-woodp

* debunks popular myth that woodpeckers protect their brains from concussions using built-in damping mechanisms
* woodpeckers avoid concussions based on scaling laws
* small brain size sig. reduces internal stress for a given deceleration
* short duration of impact further limits injury risk
* withstand extreme decelerations (400xg) w/o harm

Fermat's LibraryFermat's Library | Rules for Biologically Inspired Adaptive Network Design annotated/explained version.Fermat's Library is a platform for illuminating academic papers.
#FermatsLibrary#birds#woodpeckers
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Stella Angelika Ludwig

@meltedcheese Thank you!

That's an interesting question.

For my research I'll be quantifying the hydrodynamic properties and locomotor #biomechanics of #Spinosaurus using a digital musculoskeletal model, predictive simulations, and then eventually #biorobotics informed by this data.

I'm not sure if the bones of #dinosaurs have made it into any practical applications yet, but there are studies on how #pterosaur bones can inform material design!

theengineer.co.uk/content/news

The Engineer · Fossilised Pterosaur bones offer insights into new materials - The EngineerThe microarchitecture of fossil pterosaur bones could be replicated to develop materials for next-gen aircraft.
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Luke Johnson

I realise I never did a re-#introduction after moving to my bespoke, artisanal instance. So here it is!

I'm a soon-graduating PhD student at #UBC Biomedical Engineering with a research focus on #imaging, #biomechanics and #simulation of rare pediatric hip disorders like #perthes disease.

My other interests are all over the place: #urbanism, #classiccars, #retrocomputing, #electoralreform, #crochet, #music composition, #linux and #fedi and more I'll probably add as I remember!

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Oliver Brendel

The French National Agronomy Research Institute #INRAE has a #JobOpportunity for a #Trees #BioMechanics (or #MechanoBiology ) researcher (permanent position). Even though the description is in the moment only in French, international applications are welcome :
jobs.inrae.fr/concours/concour
#SciJobs #Vacancy #JobOpening #ResearchJobs #academia #Forests #Wood
@academicchatter

INRAE JobsChargé-e de recherche en biomécanique de l'arbreCR-2025-ECODIV-1 - L'UMR SILVA (Université de Lorraine, AgroParisTech, INRAE) est une unité pluridisciplinaire d'environ 150 agents. Elle étudie le fonctionnement des écosystèmes forestiers dans le contexte des changements globaux avec un focus particulier sur les risques multiples liés à des combinaisons de différents aléas (vent, sécheresse, engorgement), pour proposer des solutions de gestion et d'adaptation. Vous développerez un projet de recherche dont l'objectif est d'intégrer le signal biomécanique reçu par les arbres dans les modèles de dynamique forestière.L'allocation de croissance au sein de l'arbre s'avère fortement régulée par ces signaux avec des conséquences importantes sur les dynamiques forestières. La perception du signal mécanique par les cellules vivantes est un facteur très connu des biologistes mais méconnu en forêt, et pourtant essentiel du contrôle environnemental de la croissance des arbres et de la rétroaction active dans un contexte d'acclimatation ou de réponse aux risques. La réponse à ce signal façonne la forme des arbres et par conséquent leurs traits d'acquisition des ressources, de résistance ou de résilience aux différentes contraintes. Elle conditionne donc les services rendus par les écosystèmes forestiers, dont le stockage de carbone, souterrain ou aérien. L'intégration de la réponse au signal biomécanique dans les modèles de dynamique forestière est un enjeu important pour accéder à des prédictions réalistes pour des forêts soumises à des risques multiples et aux facteurs multiples de régulation de la croissance.Vous développerez un cadre conceptuel en émergence dans les communautés internationales, combinant l'approche mécanique du risque vent sur une structure arborée et la mécanobiologie de la croissance. Pour cela, vous formaliserez l'intégration de mécanismes physiologiques et écophysiologiques dans le calcul des performances mécaniques des arbres (résistance au vent, capacité de redressement, autoportance) ainsi que pour la prédiction des trajectoires temporelles de celles-ci à l'échelle du peuplement forestier dans le contexte des changements globaux. Vous mobiliserez connaissances et approches de la mécanique des matériaux et des structures mais aussi de la biologie des arbres forestiers.Vous confronterez ce cadre aux problématiques d'évaluation des risques auxquels sont soumis les peuplements forestiers, traitées dans l'UMR Silva. Vous pourrez vous appuyer sur les compétences en métrologie et en modélisation de la croissance de vos collègues de l'unité, sur l'accès aux dispositifs de suivi de peuplements forestiers gérés par l'UMR Silva, sur les infrastructures nationales d'expérimentation et d'observation en forêt (In Sylva France, AnaEE et ICOS) ainsi que sur la plate-forme analytique Silvatech pour la caractérisation des propriétés anatomiques et mécaniques du bois et la plateforme de modélisation CAPSIS.
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michael

9-Jan-2025
A fast-moving belly flop: Researchers unveil the unique skills of #cricketFrogs

#frogs #walkingOnWater

Several species have fascinated observers with their abilities to skip side-to-side and leap into the air from the surface of a pond as if the water were land. eg the cricket frog. The way these frogs move in the water could bring insights to tools for the future of robotics, watercraft, and more.

eurekalert.org/news-releases/1 #science #biomechanics #ecology #amphibian

EurekAlert!A fast-moving belly flop: Researchers unveil the unique skills of cricket frogsThe way cricket frogs move across the surface of water has long been thought to resemble walking on water, but researchers in the College of Engineering have discovered a different reality.
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