For the first time, scientists have used ultraviolet (UV) light, a low-cost and readily available energy source, to ...

PHOENIX — Ultraviolet light is a type of electromagnetic radiation. It's responsible for the glow in a black light poster, or the bronze on your skin from a summer tan. Overexposure to UV radiation ...

On January 26, 1978, the International Ultraviolet Explorer launched into orbit on a mission to study ultraviolet light emitted by stars and other bright objects in the universe. Because a lot of that ...

“Visible light is much gentler and can penetrate deeper, making it more suitable for real-world applications,” says Huaping Xu, a professor at Tsinghua University and one of the study’s corresponding ...

UV light reveals a version of the world humans were never meant to see. Everyday objects, clothing, skin, and even surfaces you think are clean suddenly look completely different under ultraviolet.

Disposable diapers are a huge source of global waste, largely because they're difficult to recycle. A new process, however, could salvage the "superabsorber" polymer utilized in the liners of those ...

**ECCMID has now changed its name to ESCMID Global, please credit ESCMID Global Congress (formerly ECCMID, Barcelona, Spain, 27-30 April) in all future stories** Experts are working on a new type of ...

Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV, 100–200 nm) light sources are indispensable for advanced spectroscopy, quantum research, and ...

A research team from Munich has identified a previously unknown communication mechanism in harvestmen. Five closely related species show species-specific, strongly fluorescent structures on their ...