WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - What do you get when you take fishing line or sewing thread, and coil it up in just the right way? No, not a tangle of twine to keep your pet cat entertained. Instead, ...

Intersting research but nature has evolved over billions of years. Our natural muscles may only contract 20 percent, but they are biologically sustainable and have other properties that man-made ...

University of Texas at Dallas researchers and their international collaborators have made artificial muscles in a variety of sizes from ordinary polymer fishing line. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

Biological muscles act as flexible actuators, generating force naturally and with an impressive range of motion. Unsurprisingly, scientists and engineers have been striving to build artificial muscles ...

Fishing line and sewing thread can create powerful artificial muscles that could be used to help disabled people or to build incredibly strong robots, a new study says. Compared to human muscle of the ...