This prototype sunscreen protects your skin and cools you off, too (IMAGE)

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This prototype sunscreen protects your skin and cools you off, too

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A new SPF 50 sunscreen prototype uses radiative cooling to both protect the skin from UV rays and cool it off. Compared to a commercial sunscreen, the new formula kept the skin cooler when measured under a thermal camera (blue area on right-hand image).

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Adapted from Nano Letters 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c04969

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