This patch could warn you before you get sunburnt

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Chinese researchers have created a wearable UV light monitoring patch that can be used to detect harmful rays on human skin, or even plant tissues. The patch can then send alerts to your phone when exposure is too high.

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Chemistry & Materials: Matter (Tuesday, December 06): Researchers create a wearable UV light monitoring patch that can be used to detect harmful rays on human skin or plants tissues and will send alerts to your phone when exposure is too high

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Organisation/s: Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Funder: The authors sincerely acknowledge financial support from the Strategic Priority Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, grant no XDA16021100; the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC grant nos. 62174152, 61874111, 61888102, and 62022079); the Science and Technology Development Plan of Jilin Q11 Province (20210101168JC); and the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences under grant no. 2020115.

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