A new, multinational study has revealed that the shape of the human heart, influenced by genetic factors, could serve as a valuable predictor for cardiovascular disease risk. Researchers from ...

They created detailed 3D models of each participant’s heart and used a statistical technique called principal component analysis to identify the main patterns of shape variation. The team then ...

Yet, few of us pause to ponder the origin of this inaccurate image. In his book, The Shape of the Heart, Pierre Vinken takes us back through history to explore the etiology of the scalloped heart ...

Swiss researchers have produced complex, soft actuators using 3D printing for the first time. The artificial muscles react to ...