Despite promising results for one traditional Chinese medicine manufacturer in the US, there is still some way before such products have a major impact
Artificial skin with a sense of touch could be on the horizon for robots or prosthetic hands thanks to new research into flexible, pressure sensitive surfaces
Three giants of organic chemistry, who pioneered palladium-catalysed cross coupling reactions, have shared this year’s Nobel prize. Simon Hadlington catches up with them
For years scientists have tried and failed to artificially reproduce the properties of spider silk. Michael Gross untangles the latest strands of research
