This dual cross-linking design lets the muscle switch stiffness on demand. In lab tests, its stiffness jumps from about 213 kilopascals — soft, like rubber — to 292 megapascals, hundreds of times ...

Human health remains one of the greatest challenges in space exploration. When astronauts spend long periods in space, their bodies weaken dramatically—especially their muscles and bones. Now, ...

Human health is the Achilles heel of space travel. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now succeeded in printing complex muscle ...

Modern living has made movement optional but your spine still carries the load. Here are expert insights on how posture, diet ...

South Korean researchers develop fabric muscles for lightweight wearable robots that move naturally with the human body.

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed artificial muscles that contain microbubbles and can be controlled with ultrasound.

Researchers have developed a chemical structure for an artificial muscle that can lift up to 4,000 times its weight, and they ...

In the NFL, we used to refer to the muscles we could see as "Show Muscles" and the ones we couldn't as "Go Muscles." Training ...

FST-7 (Fascia Stretch Training–Seven Sets) is a structured system that layers proven hypertrophy mechanics to push your muscles to the edge. Every bro in the gym knows that “pump” feeling—veins ...

Paleontologists have found evidence of a previously unrecognized soft tissue structure in the cheek region of many dinosaur species, which they’ve called the exoparia. The finding deepens our ...

And in January, scientists found that tweaking the BCL6 protein, which plays a key role in muscle structure, could also burn fat while improving tissue structure without a single day of weight ...

Building muscle seems to be on everyone’s mind lately, as it should be. Packing on lean mass has benefits for your metabolism, blood sugar, daily functioning, and longevity, just to name some of the ...