When you hop, run or jump, your legs behave like springs, absorbing and returning energy with each step. But what happens to ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo reveal the way our legs adapt to fast movements. When people hop at high speeds, key ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo reveal the way our legs adapt to fast movements. When people hop at high speeds, key ...

Hugh Herr, an engineer and biophysicist from MIT, has spent the last 34 years developing prosthetic limbs that outperform human movement. The work is close to his heart, as Herr had both legs ...

To figure out how fat affects muscle performance, Hadi Rahemi of Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada, developed an in silico model of a human calf muscle. Fat’s effects Working in ...