skins

A new study examines the evidence for fuzz on non-avian dinosaurs.

A tiny channel of canals directs water away from where it shouldn't be.

The same touchy engineers who gave us the first peelable epidermal electronics last year have a new virtual tactile system:...

Future genetic therapy could be as simple as applying a topical lotion, with nanoscale compounds soaking through your epidermis to...

Neri Oxman, the director of the Mediated Matter research group at the MIT Media Lab, designs skins and body armors...

Extolling the many virtues of spider silk is something of a trend these days, as the fine yet remarkably hardy...

A new stretchy, supple synthetic skin prototype developed at Stanford has some impressive pressure sensitivity, deforming and contorting without any...

Stretchable electronics and smart tattoos give human skin an upgrade from the future

Someday soon, hospital patients won’t be hooked up to wires and monitors — instead, electronic patches will be temporarily tattooed...

In a boon to slobs everywhere, a recent study shows that the same dust we hasten to remove from our...