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Scientists say they are to producing a pill that would protect us from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) . Researchers have located the chemicals coral to protect itself and can use these to a synthetic sun-shield compound. A sunscreen pill could be available by the year 2016. This is good for sun-lovers as they would only need to take a pill once a week, of slapping sunscreen on every few hours. A sunbather on Sydney’s Bondi Beach this news, saying: “Bring it on. No more sunscreen. No more . Now we can stay out in the sun all day long.” However, some scientists the pill could be harmful as too much sun protection can lead to vitamin D deficiency, resulting in weak .

The research team analysed coral from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to find out how coral can under the sun without suffering any . They discovered that algae provide the coral with the chemicals it needs to itself from UV rays. Lead scientist Dr Paul Long said: "What we have found is that the algae within the coral makes a compound that we think is transported to the coral, which then modifies into a sunscreen for the benefit of the coral and the algae.” He added: “If we can determine how this compound is created and on, we could biosynthetically develop it in a laboratory to create a sunscreen for use.” He said testing on humans could take in the next two years.