This milestone opens a window to newer possibilities in the fields of wound healing, soft robotics, artificial skin, and drug ...

Technology is making a huge impact on healthcare and dermatology, making treatments faster, more precise, and easier to ...

Pioneering prosthetic hand carefully conforms and adjusts its grasp to avoid damaging or mishandling whatever it holds ...

For an abdominal wall hernia repair, also known as a ventral hernia repair, the most common surgical approaches have been ...

The researchers found that the prosthetic hand could securely grasp 15 everyday objects ranging from a soft toy to a metal ...

Scientists have created a self-healing hydrogel that mimics human skin, offering a breakthrough solution for complete wound ...

Their work, published in Science Robotics, introduces a novel control ... combining soft materials for the skin, tendons and ligaments with rigid materials for the "bones." According to Bicchi ...

Until now, artificial gels have either managed to replicate high stiffness or natural skin's self-healing properties, but not both. Now, a team of researchers has developed a hydrogel with a unique ...

Researchers have created a unique hydrogel that’s both tough and self-healing, thanks to nanosheet-enhanced polymer ...

Robotic and laparoscopic hernia repairs use similarly small cuts in the skin, but the robot allows 3-dimensional vision and articulating wrist technology that makes it easier for a surgeon to see ...