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Highly porous synthetic melanin can protect skin from toxins, radiation
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When applied to fabric, synthetic melanin successfully blocked harmful materials while letting good stuff, like oxygen and water, pass through. Photo by Northwestern University
March 5 (UPI) Scientists have successfully synthesized melanin, a selectively porous material capable of trapping a variety of toxins, including radioactive particles.
Initially, researchers set out to replicate the melanin produced by certain exotic fungi, species known to colonize harsh environs, such as spaceships, dishwashers and nuclear fallout zones like Chernobyl.
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Their efforts described Monday in the Journal of the American Chemical Society produced a highly porous material with potential for a variety of applications.
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