The idea of using UV light to zap microbes is hardly new — the germicidal properties of sunlight, "nature's disinfectant," were established in 1877 when a pair of British researchers found that ...

Researchers from the U.K.’s University of Nottingham have invented a breakthrough approach to 3D printing functional electronic circuits.

It also filters a certain type of UV light—UVC—which happens to be the most effective part of the UV spectrum for killing pathogens such as COVID-19.

During the pandemic, one of the sanitation methods promoted to destroy the COVID-19 virus from surfaces is using UV light. On April 23, President Donald Trump said in a news conference: “…the whole ...

Under visible light, its coat is much less vibrant. Without UV flashlights or specialized cameras, photoluminescence is invisible to the human eye.