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Tattoos could be turned on and off with light
A new type of ink could overcome one of the main downsides of tattoos: the inability to make them invisible…
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Light-responsive inks could make tattoos visible on demand, but safety remains unproven
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A team of engineers has designed a new line of multicolored tattoo inks that switch on and off with different kinds of light.
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- A team of engineers has designed a new line of multicolored tattoo inks that switch on and off with different kinds of light.
- Reported by Phys.org and published Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:00:02 UTC.
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