Mimicking our eyes’ sun protection

Two scientists in lab coats in a modern lab. One is holding a glass flask with a dark goo inside.

Source: © Sóliome

Sóliome is developing sunscreens based on natural UV-filtering peptides

US start-up Sóliome wants to produce a peptide-based sunscreen that can be entirely biodegraded by living organisms. Micah Nelp, Sóliome’s co-founder and chief executive, believes that the product could overcome some of the environmental and health-related problems of more traditional mineral and chemical sunscreens.