Ancient land plant reveals the evolution of a 400‑million‑year‑old UV‑B protection system

Sunlight provides the energy necessary for photosynthesis and growth, but it also exposes plants to harmful ultraviolet-B (UV ...

Why Can’t We See Ultraviolet Light? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains

Humans can only see less than 1% of the electromagnetic spectrum. Here’s why evolution may have intentionally hidden ...

DNA reveals hidden UV defense network that dissipates energy in femtoseconds

New details of how DNA protects itself from harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation show a hidden network of ultrafast molecular ...

Gen Z is using the UV index to get the perfect tan. Here’s what it is—and why they may be putting their lives at risk

Experts are sounding the alarm.
ZME Science

Scientists Shined UV Light on World’s Most Dangerous Bird and Found a Hidden Glow

The light was ultraviolet, invisible to human eyes. Green, an anatomist and paleontologist at the New York Institute of ...
Forbes

First Ultraviolet Image Of Our Sun Reveals Weird Web-Like Structures

A new study by researchers from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), NASA and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) describes the observation of web-like plasma structures in the ...
pv magazine International

UNSW researchers shed new light on UV-induced degradation in PERC, TOPCon solar cells

The scientists identified that UV exposure in PERC and TOPCon solar cells increases interface defects and makes them more recombination-active, driving ultraviolet-induced degradation. They found ...
Compound Semiconductor

Three-way boost to high-power deep-UV emitter efficiency

Researchers in Jiangnan Dai’s group at Huazhong University of Science and Technology have achieved a record 21.2 percent wall ...