Researchers developed a way to help people with amputation or paralysis regain limb control. Their optogenetic technique could offer more precise control over muscle contraction, along with a dramatic ...

Building muscles: Muscle stem cells (their nuclei marked in blue) gradually alter their structure and function, becoming adult muscle cells (whose nuclei turn red). Those cells will eventually fuse ...

Anyone who's ever embarked on the pursuit of muscle growth knows that it takes a long time to pack on the mass. If you're like most people, you're probably looking for a way to expedite the tedious ...

Achieving strong, defined arms or legs is about more than just lifting weights. A ton goes into growing your muscles—and that includes proper nutrition, recovery, and working out in a specific way.

An investigation on the International Space Station to learn more about exactly how cells sense gravity could help scientists figure out ways to prevent that muscle loss, in space and on Earth People ...

Planks can help work your core muscles, as well as your upper and lower body. There are different types of planks that may have slightly different benefits. The plank is a classic exercise that works ...

Fifth-grade students at Rockford Elementary School got a chance for some hands-on learning recently. The students how muscles work by dissecting chicken wings and observing how muscles, tendons, and ...

MIT researchers have developed a way to help people with amputation or paralysis regain limb control. Instead of using electricity to stimulate muscles, they used light. Here, Guillermo Herrera-Arcos ...