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

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. In ...

MIAMI (CBS) - We know the risk of COVID transmission is much less outside. Now researchers at Columbia University are trying out a new kind of ultraviolet light called far-UVC that could make indoor ...

Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) semiconductor lasers are highly sought for medical, biotechnology, and precision manufacturing ...

ATLANTA - Get a popular gel manicure, and you are going to spend some time under a UV-nail polish dryer to cure the gel and harden the polish. The lamps harden the gel, so that the polish lasts longer ...

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 ...

The world’s astronomers now have access to amazing details about the invisible ultraviolet light from the Sun, thanks to a new ‘spectral atlas’ prepared with the SUMER instrument on the SOHO ...

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 ...

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