The Peg Restrained Intrinsic Muscle Evaluator (PRIME) enables more-accurate hand strength evaluation than methods that are currently available. (Image courtesy of Rice University.) A senior project ...

Split hand is a phenomenon where muscles on one side of your hand weaken. It often has links with early ALS, though some other rare conditions may also cause it. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) ...

For fitness-minded folks, muscle testing can sound pretty intriguing. But it turns out that it has little to do with fitness...or even muscles. On a basic level, muscle testing looks at a muscle and ...

Biohybrid robots work by combining biological components like muscles, plant material, and even fungi with non-biological materials. While we are pretty good at making the non-biological parts work, ...

A biohybrid hand which can move objects and do a scissor gesture has been created. The researchers used thin strings of lab-grown muscle tissue bundled into sushilike rolls to give the fingers enough ...

The complex combination of movements required for this simple scissor gesture is a big step up from the capabilities of previous biohybrid robots. A biohybrid hand which can move objects and do a ...