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Not only does the phone case look like human skin to an uncanny degree, it also gets sunburned like it, too.

Cursed Phone Case Imitates Human Skin

By Frank Landymore

Throw out those serums and scrubs because, as it turns out, lifting weights may be enough to improve your skin.

Turns Out Weight Lifting Is Really Good for Your Skin, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists are working on growing synthetic human dermis in labs now — and there's no need for it to rub the lotion on its skin.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Growing Skin That Can Be Slipped on Like a Glove

By Noor Al-Sibai

Israeli biotech company Nanocare claims to have created a gun that can spin out "Spider-Man"-like webs that can cover burns and wounds.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Invent Gun That Shoots “Skin Substitute” onto Burn Victims

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers created tiny "nanodrills" that were able to cut themselves into the cells of worms and plankton. They could even cure skin diseases.

Brutal “Nanodrills” Can Kill Tiny Living Worms and Water Fleas

By Victor Tangermann

A team of French researchers have grown yarn from human skin cells that could be used by surgeons as simple sutures or assembled into skin grafts.

This Horrific “Yarn” Is Made From Human Flesh

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, have 3D-printed skin that's alive and has blood vessels.

Scientists 3D-Printed Living Skin, Complete With Blood Vessels

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have developed a human-inspired, artificial skin that can "augment" interactive devices, including a phone and wearables.

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Wrapped a Phone in Fake Human Skin

By Victor Tangermann

A New Discovery About Human Skin Could Help Us Eliminate Scarring

Health & Medicine

A New Discovery About Human Skin Could Help Us Eliminate Scarring

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Lab-Grown Skin With Hair Will Illuminate Treatments For Skin Conditions

By Chelsea Gohd

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Health & Medicine

Scientists Found a Way to Radically Reduce Scarring, Thanks to Sea Creatures

By Chelsea Gohd

We Can Now Grow Skin Complete with Hair Follicles, Glands, and Nerves

Science & Energy

We Can Now Grow Skin Complete with Hair Follicles, Glands, and Nerves

By June Javelosa

New Tech Lets You See Under Your Skin in 3D

Science & Energy

New Tech Lets You See Under Your Skin in 3D

By Annabs Sanchez

Scientists Think They’ve Discovered Why Skin Cells Age

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Think They’ve Discovered Why Skin Cells Age

By Sarah Marquart

Three Tales of Science Fact that Seem Like Science Fiction

Three Tales of Science Fact that Seem Like Science Fiction

By Jolene Creighton