What does your butt shape say about your health? No, that's not a trick question. A new British study suggests that the shape ...

RALEIGH – In two new studies, North Carolina State University researchers designed and tested a series of textile fibers that can change shape and generate force like a muscle. In the first study, the ...

Building muscle isn’t just about nailing down a solid leg day and hammering your chest, back, and arms. You need the right fuel to maximize gains. While a solid diet packed with protein, nourishing ...

A question left unanswered in a biologist’s lab notebook for 40 years has finally been explained, thanks to a little fish that couldn’t wriggle its tail. New research from the University of Oregon ...

New research has associated fitness levels and the quality of the muscles in the buttocks with risk of developing type 2 diabetes (Pixabay/Nordseher) Recent research made associations between the ...

A new study shows male zebra finches must sing every day to keep their vocal muscles in shape. Females prefer the songs of males that did their daily vocal workout. Why do songbirds sing so much? Well ...

Girish Melkani, Ph.D., recently promoted to professor in the Department of Pathology, has been named the latest recipient of the school’s Featured Discovery award. This recognition celebrates notable ...

The shape of the gluteus maximus muscle in the buttocks changes in different ways with aging, lifestyle, frailty, osteoporosis and type 2 diabetes, and these changes differ between women and men, ...

Muscles develop a lasting molecular “memory” of past resistance exercises that helps them bounce back from long periods of inactivity. By Gretchen Reynolds After two years of Covid-19 and its ...