Researchers from North Carolina State University design and test artificial muscle fibres as cell scaffolds, demonstrating how the fibre could potentially be used to develop 3D models of living, moving systems in the body. The series of textile fibres – known as ‘fibre robots’ - can change shape and generate force like a muscle. This discovery could help researchers tailor the concept for different tissue engineering applications in the human body. The study, published in Biomimetics, investigat