Scientists are reframing what it means to “feel” the world, revealing that our fingertips host a subtle sense that lets us ...

The pain from the prick of a needle and the pressure of it entering one's skin may actually be sensed by an organ recently discovered by scientists – not exposed nerves, as previously believed. The ...

Scientists with the Bao Research Group at Stanford University have created a new electronic skin that can mimic the sense of touch. The "e-skin," as some refer to it, is detailed in a new study ...

You’re getting under my skin. That was skintight. Beauty is only skin-deep. You’ve got to have a thick skin. Skin the cat. I escaped by the skin of my teeth. Let’s go skinny-dipping. You saved your ...

Through a special organ on their snouts, pit vipers can sense the body heat of their prey. Scientists at Caltech and ETH Zurich have developed an artificial skin that uses a similar mechanism and ...

We've already seen artificial skin capable of sensing touch and prosthetics that sense texture, but now a group of Korean scientists has come up with a stretchable electronic skin that "feels" in ...