Mar. 09, 2012
Coolest Lab Ever?
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Convincing a rat to run on a treadmill is just another day at the office for the researchers at the Concord Field Station (CFS), a Harvard lab located in Bedford, Mass. The lab focuses on comparative biomechanics, which requires lots of animals--including an emu, parrots, jerboas, goats--and lots of devices to document their movement. CFS director and biologist Andy Biewener takes us on a tour of the lab.
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