This artificial skin could give ‘human-like’ sensitivity to robots

A new artificial skin unveiled at CES 2026 could give robots human-like sensitivity, helping machines better understand ...

Did You Know? These Animals Have Fingerprints

Fingerprints make humans unique, but what about animals? Here's what we know. The post Did You Know? These Animals Have ...
Knowridge

Scientists discover a way to make old skin young again

As we get older, our skin naturally becomes thinner, slower to heal, and less able to stay healthy. Scientists have long tried to understand why this happens and whether it can be reversed. Now, ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Bound in human skin, books in Cincinnati collections tell a story spanning 3 continents

Two copies of a poetry book by formerly enslaved poet Phillis Wheatley are bound in human skin and housed in Cincinnati. The books were bound in the 1930s for a collector who reportedly smuggled the ...
TechSpot

This ultra-thin UVA detector is designed to disappear into your smartwatch or clothing

Forward-looking: Ultraviolet radiation is essential for etching advanced computer chips but dangerous for human skin under prolonged exposure. Korean researchers have developed a new approach that ...
earth

Scientists create human eggs from skin cells in major infertility breakthrough

Human eggs made from a volunteer’s skin DNA were fertilized in the lab on September 30, 2025, and some grew for nearly a week. A peer-reviewed study reports that early embryos formed, although most ...
Oregonian

OHSU researchers create human eggs from skin cells, pointing to new frontier in fertility treatment

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have achieved a scientific first: transforming human skin cells into eggs that can be fertilized in the lab. Their study, published Tuesday in Nature ...
Phys.org

Human skin cells turned into fertilisable eggs for first time

Scientists said Tuesday they have turned human skin cells into eggs and fertilized them with sperm in the lab for the first time—a breakthrough that is hoped to one day let infertile people have ...
Live Science

Scientists created human egg cells from skin cells — then used them to make embryos

In a proof-of-concept experiment, scientists demonstrated that you can create and fertilize human eggs in the lab using sperm, genes from skin cells, and the "shells" of existing egg cells. When you ...
Reuters

Scientists create human eggs using skin cells

The method could one day become a treatment for infertility A decade of further research needed, scientists say The process overcomes an obstacle that stymied previous attempts Significant safety ...
Boston Herald

Researchers turn human skin cells into eggs — but not yet usable ones

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive. Jury selection begins in ...