A biohybrid hand which can move objects and do a scissor gesture has been created. The researchers used thin strings of lab-grown muscle tissue bundled into sushilike rolls to give the fingers enough ...

A biohybrid hand which can move objects and do a scissor gesture has been built by a team at the University of Tokyo and ...

After surgery, your thumb will be placed in a cast for three to four weeks, followed by a plastic splint for four to six weeks. Typically, it takes a few months to regain full movement in your thumb.

Cornell researchers have developed a recyclable alternative to thermoset plastics, used in car tires and other durable items, according to a study in Nature. Traditional thermosets, which make up ...

There's not much pain at all any more, and no pain bowling and batting." Kuhnemann has had a plastic thumb splint made to protect his right thumb and can wear it in games without needing to remove ...

Having broken the same thumb before and worn a similar splint, he was confident about its effectiveness. "This is a conversation I had with the surgeons and doctors and it's really stable now ...

Everything's gone to plan so far. There's not much pain at all any more, and no pain bowling and batting." Kuhnemann has had a plastic thumb splint made to protect his right thumb and can wear it in ...

I am very grateful.’’ It is legal for bowlers to wear splints on their non-bowling hands and Kuhnemann insists the neatly fitting covering he will wear on his thumb will not be a distraction.