Sharks, the trick of crazy speed revealed: their skin generates thrust
The denticles on shark skin are truly hydrodynamic devices, and now we know how they work. The potential applications? Infinite.
The denticles on shark skin are truly hydrodynamic devices, and now we know how they work. The potential applications? Infinite.
At Pennsylvania State University they developed a technique to 3D print living human skin directly onto wounds. New possibilities for facial reconstructive surgery and hair transplants.
An innovative skin patch, controllable from a smartphone, promises to completely change the administration of drugs.
3D printing of human skin, including hair follicles, promises to revolutionize burn treatment.
Human beings are also "brindled", and more so than we think: the mystery of the invisible stripes we have on our skin has been revealed. Everyone.
A team of researchers from the University of São Paulo has demonstrated that bio 3D printers can create artificial skin valid for product testing, replacing animals.
A “super mushroom” contains several layers with which to create materials of all kinds: towards sustainable and “closed-loop” mass products
The possibility of grafts made with real 3D "biological suits" can completely transform reconstructive surgery
A new propulsion technology that can significantly shorten the duration of space travel enters Phase 1.
Engineers at City University of Hong Kong have developed a thin, wearable electronic “skin” for touching and manipulating virtual (or real, remote) objects.
Winter is about to bite and in Europe there is more than one energy problem. In France, Total launches a network of distributors for firewood and pellets
Long-term storage of freeze-dried cells for cloning is great news for endangered species.
Yet another alternative to skin: this one that comes from pineapple leaves seems the most sustainable of all.
Alternatives to leather are increasingly in demand, but to reduce emissions and exploitation of animals, the trump card is made of leather grown in the laboratory.
A team from the Babraham Institute in the UK rejuvenated the skin cells of a 53-year-old woman, returning them to the equivalent of those of a 23-year-old.
An "all-round" device, to be worn like a second skin: 3 millimeters thick promises to transform virtual objects into something tangible
PEELSPHERE arrives in Berlin, an innovative and dynamic fabric that responds to the needs of designers and entrepreneurs in the sector.
Apple cores, peels, stems and seeds are crossed with natural rubber for a vegan alternative that closely resembles traditional leather.
A special electromechanical sensor can detect psoriasis in less than a minute. It will be very useful for skin ailments, wounds and aesthetics
Two German designers develop an envelope (but above all a production chain) based on the waste of fruit peels and cellulose fibers. Efficient, elegant, sustainable. It bodes well.
The regenerative mechanism of the skin: a great mystery never fully understood. To date: A new study from the University of Manchester represents perhaps the definitive turning point.