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 ...

Also, try to stay in the shade whenever possible, and avoid being outdoors during peak sun hours, typically between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. And of course, if you are outside, be sure to reapply sunscreen ...

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 ...

Scientists have long recognized human skin as a vibrant ecosystem that's home to millions of microorganisms. Our skin ...

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 ...

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 ...