Over the last decade, advances in 3D printing have unlocked new possibilities for bioengineers to build heart tissues and structures. Their goals include creating better in vitro platforms for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Harvard engineers created 3D-printed artificial muscles that bend, twist, grip, and reshape when heated. (CREDIT: Lewis Lab / ...

Human health is the Achilles heel of space travel. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now succeeded in printing complex muscle tissue in zero gravity. This will enable drugs for space missions to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. RCPatch Being Implanted into Pig’s Heart For Testing Purposes Image by Soft Robotics LabETH Zurich website. A groundbreaking ...

(Nanowerk News) Empa researchers are working on artificial muscles that can keep up with the real thing. They have now developed a method of producing the soft and elastic, yet powerful structures ...

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. Subscribe to our ...

What makes a body’s organs into what they are is more than just a grouping of specialized cells. They also need to be oriented and attached to each other and scaffolding in order to create structures ...

On their way into space, astronauts' bodies deteriorate dramatically in zero gravity. To address this problem and protect our pioneers in space, researchers are looking for realistic test models. This ...