skin

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Health & Medicine

Podcast innovation in medical education

Podcasts are redefining how we teach dermatology to medical practitioners, as well as providing reliable health information for the community

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Health & Medicine

Under pressure

2020 has highlighted the crucial role of nurses in managing pressure wounds associated with COVID-19, but has also raised community awareness of the condition

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Health & Medicine

How allergies may get under our skin

Emerging evidence suggests that infants may be contracting allergies through their skin. Now, a major trial is underway to test whether regular skin treatment can prevent babies becoming allergic

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Sciences & Technology

Plants have feelings too

Just like us, plants have skin that reacts to the environment around them, and this is crucial to their survival

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Health & Medicine

Breaking the skin barrier

These chemically engineered polymer-tantalum devices may be the key to tricking skin to grow on implants, opening the way for implantable robotics

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