How a team of researchers is reducing skin temperature under clothes and energy bills with some forward fashion thinking
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This year is on track to be the hottest in recorded history. With rising temperatures and more intense and frequent heatwaves, keeping cool in summer will get harder. Air conditioning can only go so far, especially when extreme heat raises the risk of electricity outages.
Wearing light, loose-fitting clothing is well recognised health advice to beat the heat in sweltering temperatures, especially important given heatwaves kill more people than any other extreme weather event.
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