Glowing silk-based tattoos measure oxygen in the blood

This tattoo is for my mom, this one is for my dog, and this one measures my blood.

By Cassidy Ward 3 days ago

Plug yourself in, because the human body can now generate its own electricity

You don't even need an actual plug.

By Elizabeth Rayne 5 days ago

Seeing beyond death: Reviving light-sensing cells in donor eyes

Glimpsing the future in the eyes of the dead.

By Cassidy Ward 5 days ago

Life from above: Drone-delivered defibrillators could save lives

Cardiac quad-copters are the autonomous drone future we need.

By Cassidy Ward 1 week ago

Handheld ‘tricorder’ identifies cancers without biopsy

Too much sunlight might give you cancer, millimeter-wave light can find it.

By Cassidy Ward 2 weeks ago

Your brain on fear: This is why you block scary memories

Fear attacks you. Your brain fights back.

By Elizabeth Rayne 3 weeks ago

Scientists recorded the sound of a single bacterium

It's the world's smallest and loneliest disco.

By Cassidy Ward 4 weeks ago

Restarting the molecular process might make it possible to reverse hair loss

You won't have to wait for a full moon to grow back the hair you shed.

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 month ago

Robotic hand created with sense of touch, better at picking up objects (or punching kaiju)

If a robot is going to punch something, it should at least feel the snap in its knuckles.

By Cassidy Ward 1 month ago

Joystick operations gamify surgery at a distance

This is the highest stakes video game of all time.

By Cassidy Ward 1 month ago