A biohybrid hand which can move objects and do a scissor gesture has been built by a team at the University of Tokyo and Waseda University in Japan. The researchers used thin strings of lab-grown ...

Throughout the years I have been putting pen to paper writing this weekly column, I’ve often been asked where I get my ideas ...

A prosthetic hand that weighs about half that of a human hand also enables wearers to carry out intricate tasks, such as tying knots ...