Coloured Fungi soak up sun rays. Scientists view new studies on aspects of melanin’s radio protective properties as a breakthrough for future biomimetic material. Reuters Sun bathers can now relax as ...

A group of researchers working at Northwestern University have developed a new "super melanin" that has a plethora of possible uses. The new research is published in the journal npj Regenerative ...

'I want him off my skin,' says Kimberly Westgarth of her Kanye West tattoo - Copyright AFP Isabel INFANTES 'I want him off my skin,' says Kimberly Westgarth of her ...

Melé is a science-based skincare brand that wants to celebrate and nourish melanin-rich skin. It uses scientists and dermatologists of color, with an expertise in melanin, to help create its ...

Imagine a skin cream that heals damage occurring throughout the day when your skin is exposed to sunlight or environmental toxins. That’s the potential of a synthetic, biomimetic melanin developed by ...

Melanin can either protect or worsen hereditary hearing loss depending on genetic context, as reported by researchers from Japan. Using genetically engineered mice lacking the SLC26A4 gene, the ...

(This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Subscribe now!) Melanin is the pigment in the skin that reacts to sunlight and ...

It was just a couple of years ago that we heard about a kinder, gentler hair dye that incorporated graphene. Well, scientists have now had success utilizing another, less exotic substance – synthetic ...

Laurence Meyer, a dermatologist at the University of Utah, offers this explanation: The pigment in hair, as well as in the skin, is called melanin. There are two types of melanin: eumelanin, which is ...