UV filtration in heating, ventilation and air conditioning may affect environmental microbial diversity, leading to improvements in children's asthma outcomes, according to new research being ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, a team of researchers analyzed the effect of ultraviolet (UV) and violet light of different wavelengths on the virulence ...

Could UV radiation stop you from gaining weight? A study suggests maybe it can, but at a cost. We often hear about the damaging effects of UV radiation on our skin, including sunburn, aging and skin ...

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 ...