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  • Flexible electronic skin aids human-machine interactions

    Human skin contains sensitive nerve cells that detect pressure, temperature and other sensations that allow tactile interactions with the environment. To help robots and prosthetic devices attain these abilities, scientists are trying to develop electronic skins. Now researchers report a new method in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces that creates an ultrathin, stretchable electronic skin, which could be used for a variety of human-machine interactions.

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  • The Star Wars-Inspired Robotic Arm That Gives Amputees a Sense of Touch

    The revolutionary prosthesis is a nod to Luke Skywalker.

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  • NASA Scientists Confirm Water Vapor on Europa

    Forty years ago, a Voyager spacecraft snapped the first closeup images of Europa, one of Jupiter’s 79 moons. These revealed brownish cracks slicing the moon’s icy surface, which give Europa the look of a veiny eyeball. Missions to the outer solar system in the decades since have amassed enough additional information about Europa to make it a high-priority target of investigation in NASA’s search for life.

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  • A new image reveals the structure of the cosmic web

    Researchers have mapped light emitted by tendrils of gas that are strung between galaxies

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