Minutes matter when a surgeon is deciding how much tissue to remove. Yet for centuries, medical imaging has leaned on stains ...

The vacuum ultraviolet region is the area of the electromagnetic spectrum lying between X-rays and visible light. It is ...

Discover what everyday objects really look like under ultraviolet light in this surprising UV experiment. A powerful UV lamp reveals hidden marks on banknotes, secret layers in paintings, invisible ...

Ultraviolet air filters might help rid a person's home of asthma triggers, a new study suggests. Installing one type of UV ...

Murnane, Kapteyn and their students are no stranger to powerful lasers. The researchers and their colleagues previously pioneered the design of tabletop X-ray lasers. These machines emit beams of ...

The transition from winter to spring in Montana brings dramatic environmental shifts that contribute to the onset of specific dermatologic conditions. Fluctuations in temperature and humidity, alongsi ...

Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a new kind of vacuum ultraviolet laser that is 100 to 1,000 times more efficient than existing technologies of its kind. The ...

The world’s astronomers now have access to amazing details about the invisible ultraviolet light from the Sun, thanks to a new ‘spectral atlas’ prepared with the SUMER instrument on the SOHO ...

Coronae glow on the tips of spruce needles, induced by charged metal plates in a laboratory. (William Brune) For the first time, meteorologists have glimpsed the tiny bursts of ultraviolet light ...

Deer have the ability to see ultraviolet light, and a recent study shows they can also leave a glowing trail visible in those wavelengths, too. The discovery casts a whole new light on the way deer ...