Human Skin

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  Ebola's Silent Spread: How The Virus Hijacks Human Skin To Infect Others

  The average Ebola case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25-90% in past outbreaks.

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  Robots May Soon Detect Emotions by Measuring Your Sweat, Scientists Say

  According to research published in IEEE Access, scientists have identified skin conductance as a potential method for robots to detect human emotions. By measuring changes in skin conductivity caused by sweating, robots could distinguish between emotions like fear, humour, and familial bonding. This study, conducted by Tokyo Metropolitan University...

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  10 Most Common Dog-Related Health Problems

  Let's explore the common dog-related health problems and how to address them.

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  Robots Might Be Able To Sense Human Feelings Just By Touching Skin, Scientists Claim

  Traditional emotion-detection technologies such as facial recognition and speech analysis, are often prone to error.

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  Primitive Humans in Scandinavia Used Boats Made Up of Animal Skins in 3500 BC, Study Suggests

  A new study suggests that people from the Pitted Ware Culture (PWC) in ancient Scandinavia likely built boats from animal skins, possibly seal hides, to fish, hunt, and trade. The PWC was a Neolithic group of hunter-gatherers who lived between 3500 and 2300 B.C. in regions near the Baltic and North Seas.

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  Scientists Make Mouse Skin Transparent Using Food Dye, Here's Everything You Need to Know

  In a recent breakthrough, researchers led by Zihao Ou, Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at Dallas, have developed a technique to make mouse skin temporarily transparent using a common food dye called tartrazine. By applying a solution of the dye mixed with water, scientists could observe the internal organs and blood vessel...

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  Japanese Scientists Use Collagen To Make Smiling Robots With "Living Skin"

  Scientists in Japan give a new face to robots with a specially created collagen gel that resembles human skin tissue

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  Everyday Chemicals Seep Into Bloodstream Through Skin: Study

  Scientists at the University of Birmingham have discovered that "forever chemicals," specifically PFAS, can be absorbed through human skin.

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  Scientists Create Smiling Robot Face Made Of Living Human Skin Cells

  Researchers tried to recreate ligaments that tether the skin in humans, by using tiny ropes of flexible collagen and elastane.

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  Antarctic Wildlife Is Being Sunburnt. Scientists Say It's A "Wake-Up Call"

  The ultraviolet radiation from the Sun increase the risk of skin cancer and cataracts in humans, but researchers do not yet know if the same is true for Antarctic mammals and birds.

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  Human Skin Used To Bind 19th Century Book Removed By Harvard Library

  Prestigious Harvard University said Wednesday it had removed human skin from the binding of a book held for over 90 years at one of its libraries.

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  "Human Race Must Change...": Chhattisgarh High Court On Divorce Plea Over Woman's Skin Colour

  The Chhattisgarh High Court last month called for the eradication of "discrimination based on skin colour" as it upheld a family court order denying a man's divorce application.

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  Men's Eggs, Women's Sperm: Stem Cell Science May Change How We Reproduce

  It may soon be possible to coax human skin cells into becoming functional eggs and sperm using a technique known as "in vitro gametogenesis". This involves the creation (genesis) of eggs and sperm (gametes) outside the human body.

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  Harvard Researchers Claim They've Found Chemical Cocktail That Reverses Ageing

  The team discovered six chemical cocktails which reversed the ageing process in both human and mice skin cells "by several years".

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  Artificial Human Skin Paves Way To New Skin Cancer Therapy: Research

  By using artificial human skin, a research group from the University of Copenhagen has managed to block invasive growth in a skin cancer model.