Indoor life is comfortable for pet birds, but it comes with one big downside: most homes don’t provide the kind of light ...

Jing Zhang, a faculty member at Rochester Institute of Technology, received a prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for work to develop new, highly efficient ultraviolet light ...

Among the greatest failures, indeed crimes, of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been the coverup and distortion of the science of airborne transmission, the way in which SARS-CoV-2 spreads from person to ...

We are faced with a global epidemic of myopia (short-sightedness) because we are deprived of deep violet light (360-400 nm). Myopia is projected to rise from 23 to 50 percent of the world’s population ...

Key Takeaways UV lamps require longer curing times and frequent bulb changes. In comparison, LED lamps are faster-curing and ...

When winter arrives, sunscreen often disappears from our daily skincare routines. The cold air, shorter days, and overcast ...

A bus being treated with ultraviolet light in Shanghai, China. Although types of UV light are already in use to decontaminate vehicles and indoor spaces, the wavelengths used are dangerous to people.

Did you know that the world around us is filled with different types of light waves ? From the warm glow of the sun to audible radio waves and invisible gamma rays, electromagnetic waves (action ...