Nature’s most dexterous structures are often thin, flexible, and deceptively simple. A plant tendril coils around a support. An elephant trunk can curl, twist, and lift with extraordinary control.

Nature is replete with slender filaments that bend and coil – from climbing grape vines, to folded proteins, to elephant trunks that can pick up a peanut but also take down a tree. Harvard scientists ...

Future robots could soon have a lot more muscle power. Northwestern University engineers have developed a soft artificial muscle, paving the way for untethered animal- and human-scale robots. The new ...

Rotation rate during printing has a strong impact on how individual filaments shape-morph upon heating. Harvard researchers have developed a 3D printing method that places “active” liquid crystal ...

People with sartorius muscle pain may have pain in their knee or the front of their hip. Certain exercises can help strengthen the muscle and reduce pain. The sartorius is the longest muscle in a ...