But Claire McCardell was a pioneering outlier. From the 1930s to the 1950s this designer found freedom creating affordable, ...

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The physical interaction with the environment through grasping is critical for many robotic applications, particularly in dynamic and unstructured settings ...

Treasure Hunters Find an Ancient, Bronze 'Prosthetic' Hand in Switzerland; 'Never Seen Anything Like It' In 2017, treasure ...

Combining lab-grown muscle tissue with a series of flexible mechanical joints has led to the development of an artificial ...

With this new lightweight prosthetic hand, activities like tying knots, combing hair, and playing chess could become much ...

Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest bird fossil shedding light on birds' origin in China, and reshaping the timeline of ...

A number of players, including Arsenal's Kai Havertz and Chelsea's Nicholas Jackson, have suffered hamstring injuries - how do they happen?

Aging is a privilege, but it also brings risks—including an increased likelihood of developing age-related diseases including ...

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 ...

A set of fossils discovered in East China's Fujian province has been identified as the only known unambiguous record of ...