Levers are literally all around us. You body uses them to move, pick up a pen to sign your name and you’ll use mechanical advantage to make that ballpoint roll, and that can of soda doesn’t open ...

Annals of Botany, Vol. 100, No. 2, HIGHLIGHT Floral Biology of the Lamiaceae (August 2007), pp. 393-400 (8 pages) • Background and Aims The functional morphology of Salvia pratensis flowers was ...

While in most Salvia species pollen is transferred by the 'staminal lever mechanism', in some species the 'levers' are inactive. This is also found in the bird pollinated S. haenkei from Bolivia. To ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

CXM’s Josh Patterson hacks his SRAM Double Tap levers for our readers. Update: As of 2010, SRAM offers several singlespeed brake lever options (the S900 and S500) that don’t require gutting a ...

Have you ever seen a flag being raised, or wondered how a mechanical clock works? Let’s take a look at some of the simple mechanisms that they use. Pulleys and gears. When a flag is raised, it will ...

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