Hair grows because cells at the root divide and push it upward, like toothpaste squeezed from a tube. At least, this is what what we thought. However, new research claims this explanation is ...

Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has selected for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV in humans, ...

The most oft-quoted average rate of human hair growth is 6 inches (15 centimeters) per year. However, the majority of studies ...

The latest Consumer Reports study found human braiding hair is more toxic than synthetic—and the one brand that’s actually ...

When Consumer Reports first tested synthetic braiding hair last year, scientists found potentially dangerous heavy metals and ...

A video making the rounds on social media has captured the moment a Nigerian JAMB candidate loosened her tinted hair and ...

Researchers have created a nanoscale structure that traps infrared light in a 40-nanometre layer, over 1000 times thinner ...

This achievement shows that using modern technologies, extremely precise structures can be created at the microscopic level.

Consumer Reports' second braiding hair study finds heavy metals and volatile organic compounds in most products. An Oregon ...

Bonner is one of the leaders and pioneers of a crucial movement toward safer beauty and elevated professional standards.

Activists from Veracruz to Oaxaca are turning to donated human and animal hair to confront a massive oil spill in the Gulf of ...

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