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Research out of Osaka University finds that even a tiny increase in skeletal muscle temperature can rapidly activate contractile proteins and improve muscle performance, more so than in cardiac muscle. Everybody knows the importance of warming up your muscles before a workout. But what is actually going on when we warm our muscles up, and …
When people feel sleepy or alert, that sensation is controlled in part by the ebb and flow of a 24-hour rhythm of their body temperature. Bioengineers at The University of Texas at Austin report have developed a unique mattress and pillow system that uses heating and cooling to tell the body it is time to …
Convenience in modern society has many utilizing the microwave oven in households for warming coffee/water or baby formula/breast milk, thawing, heating snacks, and preparing frozen entrees. Simply reading the directions on the product and popping it into the appliance can cook a meal in about 4 minutes. More than 95% of American homes own a …
Binghamton University scientists suggest dual thermal ablation may be a potential treatment for pancreatic cancer, as published in the journal Liver and Pancreatic Sciences. Pancreatic cells were utilized to assess effects of heating and freezing on cell death; conducted in search of alternative treatments for pancreatic cancer which are more effective and less invasive to …