Transverse tubules (T-tubules) play a significant role in muscle contraction. However, the underlying mechanism of their ...

Researchers have identified a previously unrecognized small protein in cells of the human heart that plays a key role in heart muscle contraction. The protein is made from an RNA that was previously ...

A new class of soft, electrically activated devices is capable of mimicking the expansion and contraction of natural muscles. These devices, which can be constructed from a wide range of low-cost ...

Macroscale contraction: In the undistorted large scale AgGaTe⌄2 crystal (left), a single silver atom (gray) sits at the center of each tetrahedral cavity. Upon heating, as the off-centering shifts of ...