Melanin's 'trick' for maintaining radioprotection studied

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 16:30 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have made new insights into the electrochemical mechanism that gives the complex polymer known as melanin its long-term ability to protect some species from ionizing radiation, with a goal of using that knowledge to develop materials that mimic those natural properties.

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