All over the body are tiny sensors called nociceptors whose job is to spot potentially harmful stimuli and send warning ...

A gelatin memristor with 16 stable conductance states mimics biological pain perception, rating intensity, sensitizing after injury, and self-healing while directly controlling mouse muscle response.

A major challenge in self-powered wearable sensors for health care monitoring is distinguishing different signals when they occur at the same time. Researchers addressed this issue by uncovering a new ...

A retired army veteran in Ohio was one of the first in the nation to receive an implant that uses motion-sensor technology to relieve chronic pain, according to a Youngstown Vindicator report. The ...

(A) Common devices and sensors for pain assessment mounted on different accessories or skin. (B) Key physical and chemical biomarkers that reflect pain conditions and can be measured by current devices ...

Researchers from China’s Northeast Normal University have developed a novel soft, jelly-like electronic “pain ...

This experiment shows how the brain can interpret — and misinterpret— pain. In your hands, you have separate sensors for heat, cold, and pain. Here's what happens when you touch something hot and cold ...

For decades, people with diabetes have relied on finger pricks to withdraw blood or adhesive microneedles to measure and manage their glucose levels. In addition to being painful, these methods can ...

The U.S. Patent Office granted OrthoSensor patents for its intelligent orthopedic surgical platform related to ultrasonic alignment and post-operative pain inhibition, according to a news release. The ...

Too much chatter, too little chatter, fluorescent lights, changing temperature, loud crunching and robotic-sounding phone rings, are traditionally categorized as “annoyances” in the world of ...