Those responding to an infectious disease outbreak like Ebola might one day be protected by specially engineered red blood cells.

Say you have an appliance with a cord that just won’t reach the electrical outlet. A developing technology could allow the cord to stretch or, if cut, even heal itself.

You’ve seen games – like Microsoft’s Kinect – controlled using hand gestures. A similar idea might soon allow you to type on very small personal devices.

Do you and your dog understand each other? Chances are, the communication’s not perfect…but a new technology might help.

Astronauts of the future could get a style upgrade, in a skin-tight suit that would allow better mobility. And it might have benefits here on Earth too.

Halloween is every day at a medical center where doctors are using the latest virtual reality technology to scare people, on the way to curing them.

No one likes injections. So the thought of getting them inside your body – by swallowing a pill with tiny needles – doesn’t, at first, sound appealing.

No one likes injections. So the thought of getting them inside your body – by swallowing a pill with tiny needles – doesn’t, at first, sound appealing.

A new mathematical model can assess the growth rate of an Ebola outbreak as it happens.

A new mathematical model can assess the growth rate of an Ebola outbreak as it happens.