Science and Health
Self-Healing Contact Lenses Repair Scratches with Just 1 Hour of UV Light Exposure
A major, early-stage advancement in vision technology comes to us now from South Korea, where researchers created a contact lens that repairs scratches automatically when exposed to sunlight. A scratched lens can mean an expensive replacement, but the UV light-activated hydrogel...
Source: Good News NetworkImage credit: Good News NetworkSource published Aug 43 min readBrightSide page reviewed Aug 4
Why this story matters
A scratched lens can mean an expensive replacement, but the UV light-activated hydrogel can repair these small imperfections in under an hour.