Close shave: electron microscope image of a razorblade cutting human hair. (Courtesy: Gianluca Roscioli/Tasan Group/MIT) New insights into why a hard steel razor blade is dulled by cutting soft hairs ...

A steel razor blade can get dull surprisingly quickly when cutting something as soft as hair, and now researchers have gotten their first up-close look at how a close shave actually damages an ...

Are Gillette and Schick, which account for about 90% of the replacement-blade market, making sure razors that don't last more than a week to keep replacement revenue going? Consider that an eight-pack ...

Once a war only waged amongst disposable razors, the engineering challenge of cramming as many blades as possible onto a razor has taken over electric shavers too. Panasonic’s Arc6 manages to squeeze ...