Researchers are paving the way for the design of bionic limbs that feel natural to users. They demonstrate the connection between hand movement patterns and motoneuron control patterns. The study, ...

HEFEI -- A research team from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has unveiled a groundbreaking biomimetic prosthetic hand with high dexterity, which is capable of combing hair, ...

The Italian Renaissance artist created groundbreaking depictions of humans at a time when the inner workings of the body ...

A mechanism that activates specific muscles in our ears is a leftover from our evolutionary past, back when our ancestors depended more on their hearing for survival.

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In 1960 Peacock 7 described some hand injuries in which soft-tissue losses were replaced by similar tissues from less important areas on the hand and supported by neurovascular pedicles. Anatomy ...

In a new study published this week, researchers debuted a bionic hand system that can reportedly reproduce the most complex tactile sensations seen to date. Scientists at the Cortical Bionics ...

John Daly/Instagram John Daly is on the mend after receiving emergency hand surgery. On Tuesday, Jan. 14, the golfer, 58, shared a photo of himself on his Instagram Stories lying in a hospital bed ...

John Daly won’t be gripping it and ripping it for a little while. The 58-year-old underwent hand surgery this week, sharing the news from his hospital bed. “Emergency hand surgery ...

Just like the proteins in our muscles, which convert chemical energy into power to allow us to perform daily tasks, these tiny rotary motors use chemical energy to generate force, store energy ...