Magnetic composite with stiffness control allows programmable 3D shape shifting for use in soft robots, tactile interfaces, and reconfigurable displays.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

I am writing in response to Tolkkinen’s commentary regarding rural politics. I grew up in a rural part of this state and ...

Jef Akst was managing editor of The Scientist, where she started as an intern in 2009 after receiving a master’s degree from Indiana University in April 2009 studying the mating behavior of seahorses.

Curators at Moyse’s Hall Museum (located in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk) just found an anthropodermic book hidden on an office ...

Researchers are developing a new hydrogel-based material that makes it possible to engineer artificial skin tissues, which ...

Synthetic human skin could replace animal testing for pharmaceuticals Scientists have developed a form of 3D-printed human skin, incorporating living cells. At this stage, the first 3D-printed skin ...

And Irving wasn't exaggerating - at the top of the list of weirdest things people have left behind is a literal mannequin head with human hair. Of course, there were many relatively normal items ...

April 8 (UPI) --Uber released its annual "Lost & Found Index," an accounting of items left behind in ride-share cars including a mannequin head with human hair, a live turtle and a 5-gallon bucket ...

“This is a biomimetic skin phantom. It consists of two layers. The top part, the black part, is made of a polymer that's called PDMS,” explained Goyal. The phantom is a model that mimics the ...

Thin skin is a result of thinning of the outermost layer of the skin, called the epidermis. It is most common in older adults. Thin skin is usually most visible on the face, arms, and hands. A person ...