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Last summer, 2.4 million Australian adults were getting sunburnt each weekend. But what’s actually happening in the skin during a sunburn?
The risks of UV radiation exposure are well-known, but some scientists are exploring lesser-known benefits of UV light.
A real-time hand-held device can help employers measure the impact of the sun on workers.
Researchers have estimated that 8% of the five million cases of skin cancer diagnosed each year in the US can be attributed to indoor tanning.
Summer sunshine makes most of us feel better, but there may be more to the benefits than just feeling good.
Around 30 Australians are diagnosed with melanoma every day and more than 1,200 die from the disease each year. While small amounts of ultraviolet (UV) radiation are required for the production of vitamin…
A gene mutation responsible for red hair and pale skin is also attributed to risk of melanoma. An international study found…
Researchers at Australian National University - collaborating with Dartmouth University in the US - have discovered a group…
The sunny season has well and truly started, as has the daily summer ritual of applying sunscreen. So now is the perfect time to consider whether “nano sunscreens”, which contain UV filtering nanoparticles…
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PhD Candidate, Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Dermatology, The University of Queensland
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Reader, Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, University of Bath
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Chief Specialist Scientist (Public Health), South African Medical Research Council
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Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University
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Professor, ARC Future Fellow & Founding Director, Sir Ian Potter NanoBioSensing Facility, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Immunotoxicology; Co-ordinator of Nanosafe Australia and Asia Nano Safe research networks, RMIT University
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Professor of Biology and Director, Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii
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Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Penn State
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Professor of Plant Science, Lancaster University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Behavioural Science, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Health Management Policy, University of Michigan
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Professor, Department of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
