“This is a biomimetic skin phantom. It consists of two layers. The top part, the black part, is made of a polymer that's called PDMS,” explained Goyal. The phantom is a model that mimics the ...

Most haptic technologies today are limited to delivering simple vibrations. However, human skin is equipped with a wide array of sensors that can detect pressure, stretching, vibration, and other ...

But frogs may yet hold clues to killing pain. At least one frog does deploy an opioid: the waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagii), whose skin is laced with the peptide dermorphin. Although the ...