Most animals require brains to run, jump or hop. The single-celled protozoan Euplotes eurystomus, however, achieves a scurrying walk using a simple, mechanical computer to coordinate its microscopic ...

Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Professor J A Levine, Endocrine Research Unit, Alfred 5-194, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; ...

A Rochester scientist has published research results showing his "walking desk" idea could help obese employees lose up to 66 pounds a year. Many people spend the majority of their work days seated in ...

Imagine walking away from your computer and it automatically locks everything down. Walk back and it automatically unlocks itself for you. Now stop imagining because it's already here. Computer ...

Walking at least 10,000 steps a day to support a healthy lifestyle has been touted as an important goal for some time—but what impact does walking thousands of steps a day really have on your life?