RALEIGH – In two new studies, North Carolina State University researchers designed and tested a series of textile fibers that can change shape and generate force like a muscle. In the first study, the ...

Muscles develop a lasting molecular “memory” of past resistance exercises that helps them bounce back from long periods of inactivity. By Gretchen Reynolds After two years of Covid-19 and its ...

Building muscle isn’t just about nailing down a solid leg day and hammering your chest, back, and arms. You need the right fuel to maximize gains. While a solid diet packed with protein, nourishing ...

A question left unanswered in a biologist’s lab notebook for 40 years has finally been explained, thanks to a little fish that couldn’t wriggle its tail. New research from the University of Oregon ...

The shape of your gluteus maximus, the largest muscle in your backside, may offer surprising clues about your likelihood of developing diabetes. New research suggests that the contours of this major ...

New research has associated fitness levels and the quality of the muscles in the buttocks with risk of developing type 2 diabetes (Pixabay/Nordseher) Recent research made associations between the ...

I received an interesting note from Terry, a retired former colleague who donates his time and efforts to providing extensive yard work for a nonprofit agency. He does this once a week, and it entails ...

Graphene Based bimorphs from Charles Walcott on Vimeo. Jan. 4 (UPI) --Physicists at Cornell University have designed and built a muscle to power tiny cell-sized robots capable of conducting ...

Girish Melkani, Ph.D., recently promoted to professor in the Department of Pathology, has been named the latest recipient of the school’s Featured Discovery award. This recognition celebrates notable ...

Robotics experts have made a robot exoskeleton that can rapidly change its shape upon sensing chemical or thermal changes in its environment. And, they claim, these microscale machines -- equipped ...