For example, many predatory sea creatures use UV light to help see the silhouettes of prey, like plankton and fish larvae, because there's a lot of UV light in shallow water, said Thomas Cronin, a ...

Each of these glowing animals is an example of photoluminescence—the property of being able to reflect or absorb and re-emit ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun, moon, or an artificial UV light ...

A scientist using ultraviolet light discovered a hidden portion of Biblical text dating back approximately 1,500 years after it was ... He used the example of Matthew Chapter 12 verse ...

Painstaking preparation made the “Chicago Archaeopteryx” (named because it resides in the city’s Field Museum) the best-preserved example of the species. That amount of care meant that CT scans and ...

Ultraviolet (UV) light is another. Yet until recently, generating enough UV-C light, which is required for decontamination, has been expensive. Now, thanks in part to COVID, it is a lot cheaper.

UV radiation damages skin cells. Sunburns are an immune system response, not a "mindset," as the post alleges.. When ultraviolet light from the sun makes contact with skin, it can induce the ...

How to reduce UV light exposure when getting a manicure If you’re concerned about gel manicures but don’t want to give them up, there are some precautions you can take to mitigate the risks.

However, the blue tapetum also lets up to 60 percent of UV light pass through to the eye’s color sensors. The reindeer likely see the winter world as a shade of purple the way a human may see a ...

Researchers found that one 20-minute session of exposure to the UV dryers resulted in 20 to 30% cell death, while three consecutive 20-minute sessions of exposure resulted in 65 to 70% cell death.