Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a soft artificial muscle that mimics the structure ...

Your muscle fibers are malleable and the secret to getting faster at running everything from the 5K to the marathon lies in your cells.

Researchers have discovered a potential therapeutic target in muscular disorders by identifying a previously unrecognized ...

MIT scientists used light to control how a starfish egg cell jiggles and moves during its earliest stage of development.

A team has discovered a possible therapeutic approach to repair injured muscles either from aging or degenerative muscle disorders.

Researchers have developed a new method to grow artificial muscle tissues that can twitch and flex in multiple directions.

Now, MIT engineers have taken a major step toward developing robots that replace rigid gears with something much softer – ...

For millions of people, losing muscle isn't just about weakness; it's about losing independence. Whether caused by Duchenne muscular dystrophy, aging or other degenerative conditions, muscle loss can ...

A collaborative study led by Prof. Liu Guanghui from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dr. Wang ...