When skin becomes damaged—from things like wounds, burns, or diseases—it can be very dangerous. But researchers in ...

Growing cells in the laboratory is an art that humans have mastered decades ago. Recreating entire three-dimensional tissues is much more challenging. Researchers are developing a new hydrogel-based ...

The skin is the largest organ in the human body. It makes up about 15% of our body weight and protects us from pathogens, ...

A new phylum of microbes has been discovered thriving in one of the least explored parts of Earth—the deep Critical Zone, a ...

The trade-off of this hardy external layer is that it doesn't expand; it remains relatively inflexible and constricts the ...

Between the layers is a small amount of lubricating fluid ... In addition to shortness of breath, there may be abnormal crackling sounds as you breathe from just under the skin of the neck or chest ...

It's like a nerve's impulse, but 1,000 times slower." The team's research involved using a laser to wound (white dots) a single layer of skin cells, using electrodes (black circles) to detect the ...

People with male reproductive anatomy usually have two testicles (testes ... This wrinkled pouch of skin hangs below the penis. The spermatic cord suspends each testis from the abdomen.