A closer look at microscopic organisms found on human skin and what they may mean for overall skin health.

Northwestern University See how Matt Maley is positioning for post-Fed volatility and momentum—live this Sunday, June 22 at 1 PM ET. Researchers at Illinois-based Northwestern University have created ...

Close-up of a demodex folliculorum mite: your skin is alive with company. Kalcutta/Shutterstock You are not alone in your own skin. Millions of microscopic creatures live there too. Our skin is home ...

This article is part of a special issue investigating key questions about skincare. Find the full series here. Look under the microscope at any square centimetre of human skin and you will find it ...

Gene-editing tools like CRISPR have unlocked new treatments for previously uncurable diseases. Now, researchers at the University of British Columbia are extending those possibilities to the skin for ...

Human skin is soft and stretchy and has millions of nerve endings that sense heat and touch. This makes it a superb instrument for detecting and responding to the outside world. Engineers have been ...

New research has shown that single blood vessel cells that appear in the earliest stages of lab-grown skin organoids have the ...