Scientists have long known that ultraviolet light can kill pathogens on surfaces and in air and water. UV robots are used to disinfect empty hospital rooms, buses and trains; UV bulbs in HVAC systems ...

A new MIT robot that uses UV light to kill the coronavirus could be used to disinfect warehouses, schools, and offices. The system has already been used to sanitize the Greater Boston Food Bank. In ...

A specific wavelength of ultraviolet (UV) light is not only extremely effective at killing the virus which causes COVID-19, but is also safer for use in public spaces, finds new University of Colorado ...

Ultraviolet light systems have started to gain popularity as a way to clean large swathes of schools quickly and frequently. For example, according to a February EdWeek Reseach Center survey, 13 ...

EVERETT — Shining a little light on a problem can not only illuminate it, but — in some cases — disinfect it. Ultraviolet light has been used to disinfect food, water and hospital surfaces since the ...

Ultraviolet light’s ability to kill viruses has moved this technology to the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus. Now the Hyundai Motor Group says it is exploring the idea of using UV light ...

Do UV Light Phone Sanitizers Really Work? UV sanitizers use ultraviolet light to sanitize your phone and offer a second layer of protection against viruses and other harmful microbes. But can they ...

Scientists have devised a way to create a green alternative to the light-emitting materials often used in TV, smartphones and ...

LG's UVnano technology operates once every hour to remove "up to 99.9 percent of bacteria" such as E. coli and staph on the refrigerator's dispenser tap. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer ...

Ultraviolet light reveals a version of Earth the human eye was never meant to see. Surfaces glow, patterns emerge, and ...

ROTTERDAM (Reuters) - A group of actors dance in a ring of ultraviolet light projected onto a square in Rotterdam from a glowing black orb suspended above them. Pretending to forget the pandemic for a ...