Researchers in Japan have given a plastic robot finger a layered coating made from actual, living skin cells. Next, they aim to add hair and sweat glands.

Nan Songer, a spider expert living in California, played an integral part in the Allies’ success in World War II by supplying silk for bombsights.

Bacteria and sand form a strong building material.

Technology is enabling increasingly lifelike models of organs to help doctors practice operations.

Mantis shrimps’ remarkably swift kicks come from springs built into their dactyl clubs.

The cells on one side of each wool fiber are longer than the cells on the other, researchers find. 

Researchers explore genetic engineering to produce super-tough fibers.

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has genetically engineered a silkworm to spin spider silk, which might be used for futuristic products.

Scientists improve upon the optical microscope using a readily available natural material.

An artist takes advantage of muscle-mimicking polymers to manipulate sounds.

Dame Julia Polak, who pioneered lung tissue engineering techniques, has passed away at age 75.