Skin

La Palma volcano lava reaches sea; raises toxic gas fears among neighbouring inhabitants

Inhalation or contact with acid gases and liquids can irritate the skin, eyes and respiratory tract, and may cause breathing difficulties, warned the Canary Islands Volcanic Institute (Involcan)

Why does the immune system respond to allergens by triggering itching in the skin?

Your skin is the first protective barrier against every pathogen and allergen in the world. So, when your skin itches, you should know that it may have come into contact with something that’s harmful and causing this reaction.

Wearing a face mask for too long can lead to skin breakout: Here's what one can do to avoid 'maskne'

When you wear a facemask for a long period of time, the face gets covered with a lot of sweat.

Lemon juice can boost immunity, aid weight loss, improve digestion and clear up the skin

Drinking lemonade every day is a very healthy habit, just do not overdo it

Our skin can keep track of time without any help from the brain, study suggests

Octopuses, chameleon can change their skin's colour based on their environment because of photoreceptors in their skin.

Scientists find new sensory organ in mice, expect to find it in humans as well

This organ is sensitive to environmental factors such as pricks and pressure, and is made up of glial cells,

Skin movie review: Guy Nattiv's bizzare film reduces racial tension to a cosmetic problem

Skin offers little by way of insight into reformation, let alone modern racism

Drug price regulator caps prices of 51 essential formulations used for cancer, heart, skin treatment

NPPA fixes ceiling price of essential medicines of Schedule I under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order (DPCO) 2013

Flexible sensor 'skin' to help robots or prosthetic devices convey a sense of touch

The bio-inspired robot sensor skin mimics the way a human finger experiences tension and compression as it slides along a surface .

UMN researchers develop 3D printed bionic skin to give robots the sense of touch

US researchers have developed a "revolutionary" process for 3D printing stretchable electronic sensory devices that could give robots the ability to feel.