A research team has successfully developed innovative artificial muscle fibers capable of producing and storing energy. The team anticipates that these findings will have broad applications in fields ...

Department of Physics of Polymers and Polymeric Materials, “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Aleea Gr. Ghica Voda 41A, 700487 Iasi, Romania ...

Under thermal ... "This artificial muscle combines low modulus and high toughness while successfully replicating the training enhancement and actuation functions of natural muscle, showing great ...

The study, led by Dr. Cheng-Hui Li from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, and Dr. Pengfei Zheng from the Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, ...

Additionally, the artificial muscle showcases exceptional shape memory and actuation performance, with actuation strains up to 600% and energy densities of 1450 J/kg. Under thermal stimulation ...

YOU WANT IT all: more muscle and less body fat without spending all day, every day in the gym. Like most guys, you probably have a job, kids, friends, and family that demand your time, and maybe ...

It is hard to compare the actuation rates of the gel actuators manufactured in this study with those of thermal-sensitive hydrogels or thermal phase change polymeric materials (32−42) since the ...

The investigators found that patients with artificial hearts regenerated muscle cells at more than six times the rate of healthy hearts. A research team at the University of Arizona College of ...

Washington: A research team at the University of Arizona College of Medicine--Tucson's Sarver Heart Center found that a subset of artificial heart patients can regenerate heart muscle, which opens ...

However, researchers found that this approach overlooked critical kinetic effects arising in non-equilibrium scenarios and does not explain the presence of supra-thermal ions. Left: Initial ...