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Will artificial muscles be used to test drugs?
Medicine - Health

Will artificial muscles be used to test drugs?

A group of scientists from Duke University have studied the development of human skeletal muscle from a laboratory capable of responding to effects like true skeletal mu…

December 15, 2018
Artificial muscle replaces itself
Medicine - Health

Artificial muscle replaces itself

Scientists have for the first time built a type of biotech muscle that can automatically heal wounds on animals.

December 15, 2018
Artificial muscle heals itself
Medicine - Health

Artificial muscle heals itself

Scientists in California have created a kind of artificial muscle capable of healing and producing electricity. A part of research is being used in Japan to produce ener…

December 14, 2018
The muscle is 200 times stronger
New technology

The muscle is 200 times stronger

US scientists have developed artificial muscle that is 200 times more potent than muscle fibers similar in size to human muscle.

December 11, 2018
Muscle 'machine'
New technology

Muscle 'machine'

French researchers have been able to assemble thousands of nanoparticles and activate them to coordinate movement like human muscle fibers.

December 11, 2018
Artificial muscles from synthetic fibers
New technology

Artificial muscles from synthetic fibers

One of the world's most robust polymer fibers, more than twelve times stronger than kevlar - the type of material used to make bulletproof jerseys - is likely to be…

December 11, 2018
Robot will be as flexible as human
New technology

Robot will be as flexible as human

New Zealand scientists have created an artificial muscle that makes robots more flexible and more human, according to New Scientist.

December 11, 2018