When Texas scientists went fishing for a better way to create artificial muscles they caught the big one. Ordinary fishing line, it turns out, can be twisted and coiled in such a way that causes it to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the last 15 years, researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and their international colleagues have invented several types of strong, powerful artificial muscles using materials ranging ...

A UT Dallas researcher demonstrates the creation of an artificial muscle from fishing line. (Courtesy of University of Texas at Dallas) Feb. 20, 2014 3:58 PM PT ...

WASHINGTON (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, ...