News tagged with light exposure

15,000 beams of light: Pens that write with light offer low-cost, rapid nanofabrication capabilities

(PhysOrg.com) -- One Chicago skyline is dazzling enough. Now imagine 15,000 of them.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 01, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (28) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Molecules could create tiny circuits on computer chips

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the features on computer chips become increasingly smaller, finding ways to fabricate the chips has become a big challenge. In a new study, researchers from MIT have demonstrated that certain ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Light touch brightens nanotubes (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice University researchers have discovered a simple way to make carbon nanotubes shine brighter.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find melanoma not caused by early UVA light exposure

Early life exposure to ultraviolet A light does not cause melanoma in a fish model that previously made that connection, scientists from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported today in the online Early ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 04, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Artificial Light at Night: Higher Risk of Prostate Cancer

A new study at the University of Haifa discovered: Worldwide, countries with the highest levels of artificial light at night also have the highest rates of prostate cancer.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Lack of morning light keeping teenagers up at night

The first field study on the impact of light on teenagers' sleeping habits finds that insufficient daily morning light exposure contributes to teenagers not getting enough sleep.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nocturnal alertness improves after exposure to milliseconds of bright light flashes

Exposure to extraordinarily brief, millisecond flashes of bright light improves alertness at night, according to a research abstract that will be presented Monday, June 7, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, at SLEEP 2010, the 24th ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1