Skin

Artificial 'skin' sensor could be the future of wearable and stretchable electronics, with applications in wound-healing, gaming, and more

Technique may help remotely image and assess health of infants, burn victims, and accident survivors in hard-to-reach places

New advance could create new thin and light robots for environmental monitoring and deployment in hazardous environments, robot grippers for delicate objects, and new wearable technologies

A novel artificial skin developed at KAUST is wearable, flexible, lightweight, and magnetized, making it useful in a variety of applications without the need for a wired connection to other devices

In the wild, blacktip reef sharks are often seen bearing wounds, but they rarely exhibit obvious signs of infection around the wounds

The Skin-On interface, developed by researchers at the University of Bristol in partnership with Telecomm ParisTech and Sorbonne University, mimics human skin in appearance but also in sensing resolution

Recent research opens up the possibility of developing a naturally-derived and eco-friendly sunscreen that protects against the full range of harmful wavelengths of light from the sun

Scientists have teamed up to develop a soft, flexible artificial skin made of silicone and electrodes

New material could someday find applications in camouflage, signaling, and anti-counterfeiting

A self-powered bandage has been developed that generates an electric field over an injury