Muscles are connected to tendons to power animal movements such as running, swimming or flying. During development, these muscle-tendon attachments must be established such that they resist high ...

Think of a Neanderthal and you'll probably picture a hairy and heavy-handed caveman. But our ancestors were more dexterous than we give them credit for according to scientists. Neanderthals had robust ...

Cell biologists show in fruit flies how a protein controls mechanical stress on muscle-tendon attachments. Muscles are connected to tendons to power animal movements such as running, swimming or ...