(Read more about our partnership with Facebook.) No, dark skin color won’t protect you against coronavirus or the disease it causes, COVID-19. What is melanin? Melanin is a natural pigment that gives ...

The melanin in human skin could one day be used to create bionic implants, thanks to a special process harnessed by scientists in a landmark new study. Dark brown melanin in skin has long been known ...

A laboratory method that mimics how melanin is made in the skin yields pigments in a wide range of brilliant colours. Just one pigment — melanin — serves as the basis for the diversity of hair, skin ...

The dark brown melanin pigment, eumelanin, colors hair and eyes, and protects our skin from sun damage. It has also long been known to conduct electricity, but too little for any useful application - ...

Skin pigmentation may appear normal but it is something that shouldn’t be ignored for long We spoke to a dermatologist and she explained how pigmentation can trigger critical skin issues in the long r ...

This new paper shows that melanin is more than just something that gives colour to the body. It played an important role in the evolution of warm-blooded animals and helped defined what birds and ...

There are two types of skin pigmentation disorders: hyperpigmentation, in which the skin produces too much melanin, and hypopigmentation, in which the skin produces too little melanin. Skin ...

UCC palaeontologists have discovered new evidence that the fate of vertebrate animals over the last 400 million years has been shaped by microscopic melanin pigments. This new twist in the story of ...