Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bioengineers in South Korea have succeeded in developing an intravenous needle (IV) that can bend and flex as it enters the human ...

In the pursuit of amazing skin, there are certain things that are deal breakers. For some, that’s anything to do with needles. So, what’s a needle-fearing, skin-loving person to do? Well, there are ...

Researchers have shown that pain experienced by patients during medical treatments can be considerably alleviated by holding and experiencing the motions of a soft furry robot. Based on measures of ...

Scientists in the U.S. have developed polymer microparticles that can release vaccines at specific times after injection, sometimes even months later, potentially removing the need for multiple ...

A nine-year-old girl in Mumbai has died from rabies nearly six months after being scratched by a stray dog. Kashish Sahani, a Class 4 student, skipped the anti-rabies vaccine due to fear of injections ...

Tsukuba, Japan—While most of us are never without our smartphones, robots may also soon become indispensable companions. It certainly seems so based on the recent experiments conducted by researchers ...