News tagged with light exposure

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

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

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

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

Circadian clocks in a blind fish

Do animals that have evolved for millions of years underground, completely isolated from the day-night cycle, still "know" what time it is? Does a normal circadian clock persist during evolution under constant darkness? A ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

How do DNA components resist to damaging UV exposure?

The genetic material of DNA contains shielding mechanisms to protect itself from the exposure to the UV light emitted by the sun. This is of crucial importance, since without photostability – i.e. without ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Light, circadian rhythms affect vast range of physiological, behavioral functions

A new study of the genetic basis of circadian rhythms - the biological responses related to daily light exposure - has found that a few minutes of light exposure in a fungus directly affects a huge range of its biological ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Supermarket lighting enhances nutrient level of fresh spinach

Far from being a food spoiler, the fluorescent lighting in supermarkets actually can boost the nutritional value of fresh spinach, scientists are reporting. The finding could lead to improved ways of preserving ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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