The science and technology publication American Scientist wrote about the "record-breaking, 10-inch-long whopper of a ...

Johns Hopkins University engineers have created a groundbreaking prosthetic hand that can grip everyday objects like a human ...

Johns Hopkins University engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush toys, water bottles, and other everyday objects like a human, carefully conforming and adjusting its ...

A new prosthetic hand offers strength, grasps objects with control, and detects textures, coming the closest yet to mimicking human touch. It significantly outperforms traditional prosthetics ...

Getty A human hand was discovered at a schoolyard in Ireland, and it is thought to have once belonged to a child, according to reports. In a statement obtained by PEOPLE, Gardaí — the national ...

Scaling up biohybrid robots has been difficult due to the weak contractile force of lab-grown muscles, the risk of necrosis in thick muscle tissues, and the challenge of integrating biological ...

A human hand found on a playground in Ireland is believed to have been dropped by a bird flying overhead. The body part was dumped onto an empty schoolyard in northern Dublin around 10:30 a.m ...

This, along with the tendon arrangement, allows the hand to adapt to the shape of objects, mimicking the natural, intelligent grasping behavior of a human hand. One of the most exciting features ...

"The human hand isn't completely rigid or purely soft -- it's a hybrid system, with bones, soft joints, and tissue working together. That's what we want our prosthetic hand to achieve.