Even if you did your best to prevent it, chances are you’ve suffered from some kind of sunburn this summer. Covering yourself in sunscreen and limiting your time outdoors can protect us only so much.
But what kind of ultraviolet radiation is the worst for our skin? And how exactly does the sun damage it?
Those two questions are at the heart of a new study by Zachary W. Lipsky, a biomedical engineering PhD candidate at Binghamton University’s Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science. The study, overseen by Associate Professor Guy K. German, was accepted in early August to the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.
Read more at Binghamton University
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