Combining two different kinds of signals could help engineers build prosthetic limbs that better reproduce natural movements, ...

Combining two different kinds of signals could help engineers build prosthetic limbs that better reproduce natural movements, according to a new study. A combination of electromyography and force ...

In her new book, “On Muscle,” Bonnie Tsui investigates the other stuff our thews remember—like how to grow when you exercise.

Discover why your body favors one side with pain, from handedness to stress, and learn ways to ease discomfort.

A groundbreaking study used a brain-machine interface to explore how intentions, actions, and their outcomes are temporally ...

Researchers led by Jean-Paul Noel at the University of Minnesota, United States, have decoupled intentions, actions and their effects by manipulating the brain-machine interface that allows a person ...

Researchers led by Jean-Paul Noel at the University of Minnesota, United States, have decoupled intentions, actions and their ...

People used to adopt this position when sewing seams by hand. The sartorius acts on two joints, flexing a person’s hip and knee. Activities such as dancing and gymnastics can stress this muscle ...

A team of four astronauts took the first X-ray of a human hand in space as they floated high above our planet, making medical history. The X-ray was taken inside a SpaceX Dragon capsule orbiting ...

With responsive control, lifelike motion, and adaptive feedback, this bionic hand brings us closer to merging human and machine in everyday life. Explore the innovation that could transform lives ...

DNA testing has ended the mystery around a severed hand dropped by a bird at a school in Dublin (Picture: Cillian Sherlock/PA Wire) Teachers were scratching their heads when a human hand was found ...

So their front foot print resembles that of a human hand. By contrast their hind foot, however, is considerably longer than it is wide, and it leaves a print somewhat like that of a person’s foot. So ...