This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

If you can wiggle your ears, you can use muscles that helped our distant ancestors listen closely. These auricular muscles helped change the shape of the pinna, or the shell of the ear, funneling ...

I love a compound exercise — a technical term for a move that works multiple muscles simultaneously, like a squat — and kettlebell workouts are as compound as they come. I recommend adding these five ...

New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

It also helps improve your posture, which can reduce back and neck pain, especially if you spend a lot of time sitting.

You can even wear a whole-body EMS suit at the gym. EMS proponents say that the technology, which sends electric impulses through skin and into muscle below to make them contract, "bypasses" the ...

This important study shows that the activity of hypothalamic hypocretin/orexin neurons (HONs) correlates with body movement over multiple behaviors. Sophisticated techniques and analyses showcase this ...

Just like the proteins in our muscles, which convert chemical energy into power to allow us to perform daily tasks, these tiny rotary motors use chemical energy to generate force, store energy ...