Biological muscles act as flexible actuators, generating force naturally and with an impressive range of motion.

Heart muscle cells grown from patient stem cells—known as human induced pluripotent stem cell–derived cardiomyocytes, or ...

Study reveals 20 DNA markers in fast-twitch muscle that predict age within 4 years and explain why sprinting declines before ...

One of the biggest mistakes you can make in life is believing that you know everything there is to know. Even if you’re ...

The race to understand the brain has just crossed a new threshold, with a supercomputer-driven model that behaves less like a ...

What muscles feet have, how your brain controls them, and how humans evolved all play a part in why people can’t easily move ...

The "Grey's Anatomy" alum joined a virtual panel Tuesday to spread awareness about the nervous system disease and to call for further research and funding.

Modern humans and Neanderthals shared a common ancestor, lived side by side in parts of Eurasia, and even had children together, yet their faces ended up strikingly different. The contrast between our ...

Eric Dane's portrayal of a firefighter named Matthew is particularly poignant, given that the actor himself recently disclosed his own ALS diagnosis. This connection adds a layer of authenticity to ...

Biomedical researchers at Texas A&M University may have discovered a way to stop or even reverse the decline of cellular energy production—a finding that could have revolutionary effects across ...

Researchers Sumika Kato, Takeo Kubo, and Taro Fukazawa of the University of Tokyo have discovered that c1qtnf3, a secreting factor, namely a protein molecule that is secreted by a cell and influences ...

You may not be able to grow bigger muscles out of thin air, but you can 3D print them in microgravity, scientists at ETH Zurich have now established. "3D printing" refers to a type of manufacturing ...