Word: nereus
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...traveled from Amsterdam to represent the Nereus Rowing Club at the competition. His group took first place in the Men’s Club Eights after a third-place finish last year...
Ranked first, Harvard was passed by second bow ASR Nereus before the first marker and never recovered...
...Nereus turned in the fastest times for each of the two final stretches of the course and pulled away from the field, with the Crimson slowly dropping back, finishing seventh, over twenty seconds behind...
That could change, because the mission to asteroid 4660 Nereus has thrust artificial muscles into the limelight. Whereas human limbs move by contracting and relaxing muscles, Bar-Cohen's artificial variety bends in response to electricity. Apply a charge to one side of a strip, and ions within the polymer are pushed to the opposite side, effectively lengthening one surface while shortening the other...
This was the first year the Nereus women's crew could accompany the men's team to the event...