Vaccination
Who will be the first to get COVID-19 vaccines?
Who will be the first to get COVID-19 vaccines?
Nov 17, 2020
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News tagged with light conditions
Neuroscience
Real neurons are noisy. Can neural implants figure that out?
If human eyes came in a package, it would have to be labeled "Natural product. Some variation may occur." Because the million-plus retinal ganglion cells that send signals to the human brain for interpretation don't all perform ...
Sep 15, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lidar used to track mosquito activity in Africa to help combat malaria
An international team of researchers has used lidar to track mosquito activity levels in Africa as part of an effort to combat malaria. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes how the ...
Health
Lighting color and intensity affects sleep at nursing homes
The science of lighting is about more than brightness, efficiency, and cost. Just ask anyone with seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, how gray skies and short days can affect their mood. It turns out that light—the right ...
Apr 7, 2020
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Medical research
Computer simulations help develop medical treatment for skin conditions
Computer simulations created by researchers at the University of St Andrews could be used to create more effective treatments for tackling medical issues such as skin conditions.
Nov 29, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Job candidates deemed warm and competent if interviewer is satisfied with room lighting
The more satisfied office workers are with the light in a room, the more likely they are to deem people they have just met as being warm and competent, a new Loughborough University study has found.
Aug 8, 2019
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Health
One in 300 thrives on very-early-to-bed, very-early-to-rise routine
A quirk of the body clock that lures some people to sleep at 8 p.m., enabling them to greet the new day as early as 4 a.m., may be significantly more common than previously believed.
Aug 6, 2019
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Health
Research shows smoking triples deaths from heart disease
Smoking is killing at least 17 Australians a day from preventable heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular conditions, new research led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found.
Jul 3, 2019
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Health
Researcher carving a new path for skier safety
When QBI researcher Dr Will Harrison "stacked it" on a ski slope in Canada, his holiday transformed into a research project in the snow.
Jun 18, 2019
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Ophthalmology
Sights are set on better understanding vision-damaging keratoconus
It's an eye condition where genetics and environmental factors like ultraviolet light and vigorous eye rubbing conspire to make the usual curvature of the cornea more pointy, leaving us with double vision and nearsighted.
Jun 17, 2019
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