We can sense the pressure from a tap on the shoulder or a pat on the back because we have mechanoreceptors that undergo conformational changes when we experience touch. They allow us to register and ...

To expand volume during stretch and during compression, an axially symmetric material must have an axial Poisson ratio of below and above 0.5, respectively, and the SECSs yield this by providing a ...

A team of researchers from the University of Canberra and the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is investigating whether wearing compression clothing can increase the brain function of athletes. It ...

SAN MARCOS, Calif., Sept. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Stretch U, a pioneer in practitioner-assisted stretching, today announced the launch of innovative Compression Therapy sessions at its California ...

Abstract: One challenge in surgical simulation is to design stable deformable models to simulate the dynamics of organs synchronously. In this paper, we develop a novel mass-spring model on the ...