On January 26, 1978, the International Ultraviolet Explorer launched into orbit on a mission to study ultraviolet light ...

Ultraviolet light is one of the most familiar cancer risks on Earth, yet it still behaves like a slow, silent explosive in public health. Skin tumors accumulate over decades, and by the time they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A desk with a laptop, writing supplies, and a UV sanitizing lamp - Anna Sadovskaia/Shutterstock Our phones, tablets, laptops, and ...

Light is integral to crop growth and development. Now, it could play a valuable role in protecting corn and soybean seed from stress while improving plant composition and resiliency, according to new ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Sufferers of sneezing, itchy eyes, congestion, and all those miserable allergy symptoms may soon have another means of relief thanks to new research at the University of Colorado ...

Researchers in the Republic of Korea are pushing smart-window design beyond glass. Professor Sung Ho Song at Kongju National ...

Engineers at the University of New South Wales have developed a real-time monitoring technique that reveals how silicon solar ...

A hotel room can look spotless under regular lighting, but UV light testing tells a different story. Tight cleaning schedules ...

have created a new type of insect cyborg that can navigate autonomously -- without wires, surgery, or stress-inducing electrical shocks. The system uses a small ultraviolet (UV) light helmet to steer ...