Halteres, the dumbbells of Ancient Greece

Halteres (Greek:Â áŒÎ»Ï„áż†ÏÎ”Ï‚, from “áŒ…Î»Î»ÎżÎŒÎ±Îč” – hallomai, “leap, spring”; cf. “ጅλΌα” – halma, “leaping”) were a type of DUMBBELLS used in Ancient Greece. In Ancient Greek sports, halteres were used as lifting weights, and also as weights in their version of…

Halteres are a pair of small club-shaped organs on the body of two orders of flying insects that provide information about body rotations during flight

Halteres (singular halter or haltere) (from Ancient Greek: áŒÎ»Ï„áż†ÏÎ”ς, hand-held weights to give an impetus in leaping) are a pair of small club-shaped organs on the body of two orders of flying insects that provide information about body rotations during…

Structure of DNA repair protein XRCC4  aka X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 4

XRCC4 protein is a TETRAMER that resembles the shape of a DUMBBELL containing two globular ends separated by a long, thin stalk. The tetramer is composed of two dimers, and each dimer…