Tattoos may have been a practice since Neolithic times, but it's only recently that they've become ultra-trendy, thanks to the rise of teeny, tiny tattoos and more relaxed work environments. The ...

Researchers at MIT Media Lab and Harvard Medical School teamed up to create tattoo ink that reacts to your body’s chemistry. What if tattoos weren’t just decorative, but could convey real-time data ...

A person applying the color-changing tattoo, and a color chart for the medical-alerting tattoo. Ali Yetisen et al. Soon, tattoos won’t just show how cool you are — they’ll also show how healthy you ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Alana Yzola: Getting a tattoo has almost become a rite of passage. But for people with black and brown skin tones, getting that perfect ink can be stressful.

The color red symbolizes a lot of things. Red is the color of fire, blood, passion, and love, among other things. Kylie Jenner got a new tattoo and the latest inking lives on the fleshy part of her ...

When a pair of tourists hiking the Alps stumbled across the frozen remains of the mummy Ötzi in 1991 they also, unknowingly, discovered the oldest known examples of tattoos in history. The ...

Scientists from Harvard Medical School and MIT have designed a tattoo ink that can monitor a person’s health by changing color to indicate dehydration or an increased blood sugar level, for example.

Tattoos are fast becoming more than just a means of self-expression: soon they could be used for more practical applications, like tracking blood alcohol levels or turning the skin into a touchscreen.

Scientists in Germany have developed three different tattoo dyes that change color based on the levels of certain health markers in the blood. Scientists are developing color-changing inks that may ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ / ACCESS Newswire / June 25, 2025 / Sanel Valles, is a color cover-up tattoo specialist who is ...

Social media has made it easier than ever to share cool tattoo ideas. Instagram and Pinterest are great sources of inspiration, especially given how contemporary tattoo artists are getting more ...