Science educator Adolfo Sanchez-Blanco has performed a variety of straightforward, intriguing, and enjoyable experiments to ...

Researchers have shown for the first time that hemoglobin, a protein found in red blood cells where it binds oxygen, is also present in the epidermis, our skin's outermost body tissue. The study, ...

The skin acts as the body's first line of defense against external threats. However, as we age, the epidermis—the outermost layer of skin—gradually becomes thinner and loses its protective strength.

A small shark living in cold Atlantic waters may hold valuable clues about how vertebrate skin protects itself after injury.