skin

A “second skin” has been developed that can make you look younger.  Detailed in a “Nature Materials” paper published on May 9, the new material is “an elastic, wearable cross-linked polymer layer (XPL).”  When applied to the skin, the material “mimics the mechanical and elastic properties of healthy, youthful skin.”  XPL has extraordinary elasticity—it can return to its original […]

She's not only your doctor, she's like your best friend.

Computer scientists and electrical engineers have developed an affordable hyperspectral camera that uses both visible and invisible near-infrared light to “see” beneath surfaces and capture unseen details.

A new plastic “skin” can detect how hard it is being pressed and generate an electric signal to deliver sensory input directly to a living brain cell.

Facial acupuncture is a natural anti-aging treatment that uses thin, metal needles placed strategically in the face and neck, to regenerate the skin.

Some years back, I heard Bernard Jensen, one of our country’s great nutritionists and author of over 50 books, tell the story of Samson, “the Saxon Giant.” Samson was a weight lifter and wrestler who was brought to the United States by Florenz Zeigfield in the 1920s as one of the featured acts in the […]

Here are four ways to support your skin all year long.