They say strength comes from within, but sometimes it takes a hand of its own! Kayla shared this gym moment where things didn’t quite go as planned. She was all set to lift the barbell, focus locked ...

Researchers in Europe have developed a prosthetic hand that gave an Italian man with a missing limb the ability to feel sensations of warmth and coolness when touching various objects. The new device ...

Jerry Majetich lived with intense pain in his right hand for 15 years after suffering serious injuries in a bombing in Iraq in 2005. He decided to have the hand amputated in 2020, and is the first ...

Most bionic limbs are controlled by electrical signals generated by muscles moving near the attachment site. But when an arm is amputated above the elbow, the remaining muscles aren't enough to ...

A rare circulatory problem required Emily Wheldon to have her left arm amputated three years ago. Her brain still thinks it's there. "Most days, it just feels like I've got my arm next to me," she ...

Heidi Hausse received funding from the Herzog August Bibliothek in 2012, the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine in 2014-2015, the American Council of Learned Societies in ...