🧪 Solutions 107 How Wood is Making Sunscreen More Effective

Orbitals by The American Chemical Society

Jul 29, 202116:15Science & Medicine

Many of us slather sunscreen on in the summer to keep sunburns at bay. But new materials can improve sunscreens without adding more of the sticky, greasy compounds we all hate. The surprising origin of those new ingredie...

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