Skin pigment renders sun's UV radiation harmless using projectiles

J.M.  Huijser

Skin pigment renders sun's UV radiation harmless using projectiles

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The pigment of the skin protects the body from the sun’s dangerous UV rays, but researchers have not until recently known how this works. Now they report that skin pigment converts the UV radiation into heat through a rapid chemical reaction that shoots protons from the molecules of the pigment.

Original language	English
Type	Press release
Publisher	University of Lund
Number of pages	1
Place of Publication	Lund, Sweden
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Skin pigment renders sun's UV radiation harmless using projectiles

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