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You don't have to be a rock climber to desire a stronger grip for your fingers and toes. Improving your grip can come in handy for many things. For example, carrying a heavy or awkwardly shaped item ...

"Push your finger as hard as you can against the surface. Now as hard as you can but move it slowly -- follow the ticking clock. Now faster. Now faster." These were the commands for volunteers in a ...

Jessica Hughes is seeing the human finger in a new light through her undergraduate research project. A recipient of Penn State’s 2010 Undergraduate Discovery Summer Grant, Hughes has spent the summer ...

When it comes to building robots, why start from scratch when nature has already designed better materials and parts than our artificial ones? Japanese researchers have now developed a new way to ...

Researchers have long been aware of a phenomenon in speech called coarticulation, in which certain sounds are produced differently depending on the sounds that come before or after them. A new study ...

Hold your hand in front of you, palm up and fingers splayed. Now bend your fingers at their first joint past the knuckles. Your hand should look a bit like a spider on its back, curling up its legs — ...

A tingling hand can be easy to dismiss at first. It may show up after sleep, during a long drive, or while holding a phone, ...

Humans use their fingers for some of their most delicate communication. Typing on a keyboard or phone, conversing through sign language, or performing on a guitar or piano require finely-tuned ...

Researchers have invented robotic grippers that mimic the muscle function of fingers, capable of picking up fragile objects of arbitrary shape and stiffness. The breakthrough combines artificial ...