Manufactured muscles that are stronger than their natural counterparts can be cheaply made by fitting the devices with a folding ‘skeleton’. Widely used in industrial robots, artificial muscles often ...

Fluids are popular design components for artificial muscles, but usually operate under high pressures that compromise safety and robustness. Now, Shuguang Li and co-workers have come up with an ...

Katherine Hignett is a reporter based in London. She currently covers current affairs, health and science. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2017, she edited a medicine industry newspaper and its ...