In many cities today, streets are lit by white lights, screens show vivid colors, and buildings glow with precise patterns of illumination, all depending on a small but important invention from the ...

Their inventions have found their way into bedside lamps, television screens, and smartphones, and have the potential to give light to the 1.5 billion people who don't have access to electricity grids ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. LED bulbs, by all indication, herald the future of home lighting ...

Researchers have designed and tested ‘human-centric’ LEDs that emit different wavelengths of blue light depending on whether it’s daytime or nighttime, reducing the disruptive effect artificial light ...

You may know them by the acronym ROY G BIV. Together, they make the white light you see when the sun -- the main source of blue light-- is shining. Fluorescent and LED (light-emitting diode) light ...

The blue light in LED lighting that is increasingly used in our homes can damage the eye’s retina while disturbing our biological and sleep rhythms, a French health authority warned in a new report.

Several pieces of evidence have suggested that blue light can inactivate various pathogenic bacteria. Previously in vitro and in vivo studies using blue light in the spectral range of 400–470 nm ...

Blue light with peak emission around 460 nm is the preferred treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. However, studies using fluorescent light tubes have suggested that turquoise light with peak ...