Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope went looking for evidence of one phenomenon and found quite another.

It's not just UV light that affects the skin. HEV rays, meaning visible blue light from the sun and displays, can also ...

The UV index is a measure of how strong the ultraviolet radiation will be from the sun on a given day. The UV scale ranges ...

With the sun is also getting higher in the sky as we approach the summer solstice on June 21, that means we're seeing those ...

Research and development on III-nitride semiconductors gained momentum much later than other conventional semiconductors such as silicon and gallium arsenide. This was due to the difficulty in ...

Animals with ultraviolet color patterns can be found all over nature. Here’s what we know about what purpose these patterns serve. Scorpions are one of many animals that appear to glow under ...

Microfabricated AlGaN/GaN-on-Si ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors (suspended and unsuspended) were exposed to UV (365 nm) for 60 s and the transient responses were measured under various in situ heating ...

Too much ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun or sunbeds can damage DNA in your skin cells and cause skin cancer. In the UK almost 9 in 10 cases of melanoma skin cancer could be prevented by ...

State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China School of Environment, Hangzhou ...

Impact Statement: There is a rapid growing demand of energy-saving, mercury-free ultraviolet light source and the AlGaN-based light-emitting diodes is one of the best candidates. However, their ...