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 ...

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 ...

**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 ...

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.

Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) semiconductor lasers are highly sought for medical, biotechnology, and precision manufacturing applications; however, previous UV-B laser diodes were limited to pulsed operation ...

NASA has officially selected a new mission – the Ultraviolet Explorer, or UVEX. By scanning the skies in UV light, it will be able to study the hottest objects and fleeting events like supernovae, ...

An ultraviolet light is used to kill the fungus that causes white-nosed syndrome in bats, in an Upper Peninsula mine where bats hibernate in the winter. Since 2006, the fungal disease has killed ...

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 ...

Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV, 100–200 nm) light sources are indispensable for advanced spectroscopy, quantum research, and semiconductor lithography. Although second harmonic generation (SHG) using ...