A compound in rice bran may help calm an overactive gut by reducing the calcium signals that cause intestinal muscles to contract. Ferulic acid suppressed contractions triggered by several chemical ...

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In a study published in Nature Communications biophysicists unravel the mystery of how muscles form at the molecular level and maintain their function. The findings may help design treatments for ...

A Northwestern Medicine study has uncovered how chronic defects in muscle membrane repair can fuel harmful inflammation. The ...

Researchers working with awake mice have found that brain motion is tightly linked to abdominal muscle contractions during ...

Muscle turns chemical energy into movement. It is able to produce force smoothly and reliably, even though it is built from huge numbers of tiny molecular components. When the load changes, muscles ...

Wearable health monitors have grown increasingly capable, but most are still limited by the fact that tracking different ...

Smile dimples aren't caused by a dominant gene — a biologist explains the muscle quirk behind them, and two surprising body parts that work the same way.

Sled dogs complete the equivalent of dozens of back-to-back marathons through freezing conditions, sleep a few hours, and ...

With heatwaves becoming ever more common, the importance of hydration creeps up the priorities list. But does this mean we ...

Biophysicists unraveled a mystery of how muscles form at the molecular level and how they maintain their function.

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