A trove of books written by medieval-era French monks were bound with bizarre “hairy” covers from far-away animals — shedding ...

Researchers from Graz University of Technology and the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) in India are working on what ...

It’s not uncommon for Medieval manuscripts to be bound in animal skins. The hides of deer and goats were used, as were those of boars. But a new analysis of 16 manuscripts held in a French abbey ...

Engineered skin imitations containing living human cells have shown promising results in early testing, which paves the way for eliminating animal use in cosmetic and pharmaceutical testing.

“In historical library catalogues, the skin is described as being made from either boar or deer,” researchers said. “However, upon closer examination, the distribution of the hair follicles on the ...

Scientists have developed a 3D-printed imitation of human skin with living cells, an advance they say could enable cosmetic testing without the use of animals. Researchers, including from the Vellore ...

Scientists have developed a 3D-printed imitation of human skin with living cells, an advance they say could enable cosmetic ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Medieval books were often bound with sealskin, as revealed by biocodicological analysis. Initially believed to be made from local animal skins, chemises were ...