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How does light in a virtual reality headset work?
Tuesday 02 November 2021
Many technology-fearing films from the 1990s projected that virtual-reality technologies would become a daily part of our lives and would inform wide societal changes.
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How does light in a virtual reality headset work?

2 Nov 2021
Controversy and Intrigue, The Mysteries of Blue Light
Thursday 30 September 2021
Blue light is a familiar and divisive talking point in the 21st century, due to the rise of LCD screen technologies, particularly laptops, smartphones, and tablets.
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Controversy and Intrigue, The Mysteries of Blue Light

30 Sep 2021
Outdoor blue light exposure linked to bowel cancer risk
Friday 31 July 2020
Exposure to outdoor blue light from commercial billboards and street lighting may increase the risk of developing bowel cancer, a team of scientists from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has found.
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Outdoor blue light exposure linked to bowel cancer risk

31 Jul 2020
Blue Light at night causes rise in sugar consumption in rats
Wednesday 24 July 2019
New research has revealed that rats that are exposed to blue light at night develop a sweet tooth. The research was presented at an annual conference for the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviour that took place between 9 – 13 July this year. A tea
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Blue Light at night causes rise in sugar consumption in rats

24 Jul 2019
Shining (blue) light on “superbugs”
Monday 08 April 2019
Antibiotic resistance is growing globally as strains of bacteria are developing greater levels of resistance.
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Shining (blue) light on “superbugs”

8 Apr 2019
Far East talks tough on eyesight and video gaming
Monday 18 March 2019
Japan is the latest country in the Far East to attribute failing eyesight among its youngsters to time spent staring at small screens.
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Far East talks tough on eyesight and video gaming

18 Mar 2019
Blue light good as medication for lowering blood pressure
Monday 18 February 2019
A new study published in the European Journal of Preventative Cardiology has revealed that blue light is as effective at relieving high blood pressure as drugs designed specifically to achieve the same outcome.
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Blue light good as medication for lowering blood pressure

18 Feb 2019
Eye drop sales rocket due to digital eyestrain
Monday 23 July 2018
Blurry near-field vision is commonly associated with ageing, but recently released research shows young Japanese people are now suffering as much as their adult counterparts – and experts say it is due to staring at small hand-held devices.
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Eye drop sales rocket due to digital eyestrain

23 Jul 2018
Cancer from LED streetlights? Research suggest link
Thursday 21 June 2018
Analysis of 4,000 people has revealed a shocking correlation between heavy exposure to LED street lighting and cancer, say scientists from the University of Exeter and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health.
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Cancer from LED streetlights? Research suggest link

21 Jun 2018
Great news for late-night laptop lovers…
Tuesday 04 July 2017
For all of us who like a late-night read on a laptop via the chrome browser, the prospect of dozing nicely off to sleep after a satisfying surf has just come a step closer.
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Great news for late-night laptop lovers…

4 Jul 2017
Got the blues too bad to sleep?
Tuesday 10 May 2016
It has long been known that our circadian rhythms are shaped by natural light, and that the wrong type of artificial light can have a detrimental effect on our waking and sleeping patterns.
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Got the blues too bad to sleep?

10 May 2016
It’ll be all white on the night…or will it?
Wednesday 17 February 2016
The first multi-disciplinary research of its kind has shown that night-time pedestrians feel safer in streets illuminated with white light than they do when lit by the more common sodium-yellow light.
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It’ll be all white on the night…or will it?

17 Feb 2016