The world is literally kept from coming apart by screws and bolts, and yet we don’t often give a thought to these mechanisms. Part of that is probably because we’ve gotten so good at making ...

I fell in love with cable driven mechanisms a few years ago and put together some of my first mechanical tentacles to celebrate. But only after playing with them did I start to understand the ...

De Maria, Paolo Fontana, Antonella Siani, Gabriella and Spinelli, Domenico 1998. Kinetics of the Enolisation Reactions of 3-Acetyl-2,5-dimethylfuran and of 2-Acetylselenophene. European Journal of ...

Molecular mechanism for a bacterial infection discovered Date: September 20, 2024 Source: Virginia Tech Summary: Scientists have discovered the mechanism by which the bacterial pathogen Shigella ...

Defense mechanisms are rooted in Freud’s theory of personality.According to his model, the mind has three dueling forces: the id (unconscious and primitive urges for food, comfort, and sex), the ...

A research team has discovered a novel mechanism essential for initiating autophagy. The study highlights the role of ZDHHC13, an enzyme that palmitoylates ULK1, in triggering autophagy.

A mechanism is a set of moving parts that work together to make something happen. A slider is a kind of mechanism that has a bar or rod that moves forwards and backwards, or side to side ...

The Antikythera Mechanism has baffled experts since it was found on a Roman-era shipwreck in Greece in 1901. The hand-powered Ancient Greek device is thought to have been used to predict eclipses ...

What is a wheel and axle mechanism? A wheel and axle mechanism is a simple device you make when you connect one or more wheels to an axle. They are used to help things move. A wheel is a round ...