UVB has utility in processes such as detoxifying pollutants and treating dermatological disorders, but it can only be produced by inefficient and environmentally harmful methods. Research teams have ...

Photographers interested in capturing ultraviolet light spectrum photographs revealing hidden details that would not normally be seen by the naked eye may be interested in a new video created during ...

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 ...

Despite major efforts to keep operating rooms sterile, surgical wound infections remain a serious and stubborn problem, killing up to 8,200 patients a year in the U.S. Researchers suggests that narrow ...

Many sunscreens don't block a type of ultraviolet light that new research has shown leads to potentially cancer-causing mutations. Australian and U.S. researchers say that ultraviolet-A (UVA), which ...

If healthy, glowing skin is your goal, then you know that prolonged sun exposure is the enemy, thanks to the damaging effects of UV light. But what about blue light? Do you need to worry about that ...

Phototherapy, also called light therapy, is a treatment that uses ultraviolet light from a medical device to relieve certain skin conditions. It can ease itching, redness, and swelling in some adults ...

Fukuoka, Japan—An international team of researchers from Japan and Germany has developed a new system that upconverts blue LED light into high-energy Ultraviolet B, or UVB, light. As the system does ...