Professor Larry Rome was featured in a recent New York Times "Science Times" article  Professor Larry Rome was featured in a recent New York Times "Science Times" article [1] about superfast muscles. This research began by focusing on the movement of muscle fibers found in the swim bladder of male toadfish which are used to generate the high-pitched mating song that attracts females. A new study of superfast muscles reported in the journal PLoS One [2] shows that superfast muscle fibers are not limited to toadfish and have been found also in songbirds allowing them to maneuver through shifts in sonic phrasing.
[1] http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0002581
[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/science/08angi.html?scp=1&sq=lawrence%20rome&st=cse
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