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Testing Innovators: Submit Now to Take Center Stage at the 2026 C&T Allē Awards

Do your methods and devices put cosmetic innovations to the test? The Cosmetics & Toiletries 2026 Allē Awards want to recognize you - enter now.

Aesthetic practices and physicians have begun offering treatments that focus on wellness and vitality that refelect aesthetically.

Vitality Meets Aesthetics: How Hormone and Stem Cell Therapies Are Influencing Regenerative Aging and Beauty Treatments

Breaking through the boredom of trend fatigue is no easy matter. But it can be done.

The New Beauty Innovation Playbook: Rewriting the Rules

Phages selectively eliminate specific bacterial strains via targeted infection and lysis, reducing their abundance.

How WGS-driven Phage Therapy Targets Microbe Variations Underlying Facial Skin Conditions

Variations exist across the facial microbiome, as shown by whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and case studies. This highlights the need for site-specific testing. The present study used this approach to develop and test a phage therapy for compromised skin.

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Two Johns Hopkins 'Amino Artisans' Aim to Synthesize Snail Mucus Protein

Researchers at Johns Hopkins' Krieger and Whiting schools aim to synthetically produce they key protein in snail mucus known as epiphragmin. Once created, the material could be enhanced for given benefits and made available to skin care manufacturers.

Hallmarks of Ageing and Their Role in Longevity Skin Care

Hallmarks of Ageing and Their Role in Longevity Skin Care

Recently updated to 12, the hallmarks of ageing describe the biochemical changes associated with biological ageing. Learn more on the primary causes of ageing and antagonistic answers to damage to build the best strategy for your product developments.

Nearly 2/3 of U.S. employers believe emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and robotics will become a standard part of their business in the near future, per a Forbes report.

How AI is Transforming Beauty Innovation: Now Available On Demand

This exclusive exploration of AI uncovers clever applications to transform your product development.

NAD+ is involved in cellular energy production, DNA damage repair and cell signaling pathways, thereby contributing to delaying cellular aging and extending lifespan.

Why NAD+ is Causing a Buzz in Beauty: Insights from LG H&H's Byunghyun Kim

At PCHi, to be held March 20-22, 2024, in Shanghai, Byunghyun Kim, senior researcher and project leader from LG H&H, will present on the anti-aging efficacy of NAD+ in skin care. Following is a sneak preview on why NAD+ is causing buzz in beauty.

Taken together, brands of every size will leave this year's event with the knowledge and insights needed to innovate nimbly and mindfully and to elevate their brands to the next level.

Let's Connect the Dots Between Beauty Marketing and R&D: Beauty Accelerate Los Angeles 2024

Join Beauty Accelerate in Los Angeles to set the 2024-2025 innovation agenda!

Collectively, these experts will illustrate how new digital tools, changing workflows and much more can support rapid, consumer- and influencer-winning innovation, even among modestly sized brands.

Summer Fridays, Spate, Good Face Project & Bluebird on the Digitization of Beauty

From AI-driven trendspotting to rapid clean and sustainable product innovation, emerging tools are helping brands move nimbly and efficiently across marketing and R&D functions.

The lab runs with robots and artificial intelligence performing as much as 90% of the work. That, in turn, speeds up the process of discovery. *Depiction shown

AI x Automation = University of Toronto's Self-driving Human Tissue Lab

The University of Toronto is now equipped with a “self-driving lab” combining AI and automation to equip researchers to better understand health and disease, and more rapidly test the efficacy and toxicity of drugs and other materials.

The liquid-liquid encapsulation system introduces a drop of core material through a nozzle, which impacts on a host bath containing a floating shell layer on the surface.

Univ. Waterloo Develops Liquid-Liquid Technique for Stable Encapsulation

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a simple method for encapsulating liquid or liquid-suspended functional ingredients to protect and stabilize them, and control their release.

Biologically active substances with high commercial value, including oligosaccharides, exopolysaccharides, biosurfactants, enzymes, peptides and vitamins, are secreted by bacteria.

Microbes Convert Biodiesel Residuals to Lactic Acid, Boost $189 B Market

Work presented at the 2022 SINAFERM bioprocesses event describes the microbial production of lactic acid based on residual glycerin from biodiesel production. It's one example of the booming microbial products market, valued at ~US $189 billion in 2021.

Gucci created a Gucci Garden Experience on Roblox offering virtual “digital twins” of its products during the pandemic.

Beauty Brands Can Lead the Way to the Metaverse

The ultimate vision for the metaverse isn’t quite here yet but we’re already seeing examples of digital spaces that blur the lines between real and virtual living.