Nicotine is one of the more harmful compounds in the vapor produced by electronic cigarettes, so non-vapers should avoid breathing it in whenever possible. A new skin-worn sensor could help, by ...

Robots are starting to gain something that looks a lot like a sense of touch, and in some cases even a crude version of pain.

The researchers behind the recent work, based in China, decided to implement something similar for an artificial skin that ...

Your skin isn’t just glowing — it’s gassy. And now, science is sniffing it out. Researchers at Northwestern University have developed the world’s first contactless wearable device that can monitor ...

If you accidentally put your hand on a hot object, you'll naturally pull it away fast, before you have to think about it.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A University of Cincinnati scientist is making national news after inventing a flexible skin sensor that monitors your vitals. The chip-less, wireless sensor is the creation of ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Electronic skin, or e-skin, is an emerging technology that aims to mimic the sensing capabilities of human skin using flexible electronic materials and sensors. An exciting ...

Robots are able to conduct a lot of tasks more efficiently than their human counterparts, but activities that require fine motor skill were once out of grasp - but researchers are moving in the right ...

Skin-sensing wearables for pressure-sensing applications must have electronic sensors that localize and detect a wide range of pressure changes obtained by contact with the human skin. They must also ...

Researchers found that cold is detected differently in the skin than in internal organs. This split system helps explain why ...