The Mobile Fire Rescue Department responded to an unusual call Saturday afternoon which led to the rescue of a horse stranded ...

As winter storms set in, so do the inevitable messes—slushy footprints, road salt residue, and deep-seated stains from p ...

Once they venture onto the muddy shores, they can quickly become ensnared in a dangerous trap, where their weight and the mud suction can render them stuck. ⁤ ⁤Without immediate intervention, ...

He based the design on moose hooves, which have a unique ability to expand and shrink as they step in and out of mud. Tests in the lab showed that real moose hooves act like suction cups ...

The robot feet, inspired by moose hooves, improve movement on mud and snow by reducing sinkage, suction force, and energy use on difficult terrains. A robot with “moose shoes”. Roboticists at the ...

The biggest advantage however, does not come from the increased surface area, but how the cloven hooves break the suction force as they are pulled back out of the mud. „We found that the moose ...

like how you manage to stick your fingernail under its surface and break the suction force,” said Simon Godon, a biorobotics doctoral candidate and study co-author. Godon also likened mud’s ...

Such as being unable to reach a burnt-out bulb, never-ending amounts of pet hair, and streaks that show up *after* you finish ...

But Mother Nature often has more than a few tricks up her sleeve when you’re way out there, and one of her most common is leaving you to traverse a trail strewn with thick, slippery mud.