The team then equipped Fidati’s prosthetic with heat-sensitive sensors, and small devices called thermodes, which can apply ...

A team of engineers has recently created a breakthrough prosthetic hand that can deftly handle everyday objects.

Another patient, Francesca Rossi, described the feeling as "beautiful," adding that her phantom limb "does not feel phantom ...

Using functional MRI brain imaging, University of Oregon researchers have unraveled some of the neural circuitry behind ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with a better prosthetic hand that uses a hybrid design to carefully grip various objects with just the right amount of pressure.

Excluding the 60 percent of elderly diabetic patients, the remaining 40 percent amputations result from birth defects and ...

When a bout of flu gave Adam Smith the shakes, he laid down for a rest — when he “awoke” three weeks later it was to the ...