Both UVA and UVB rays can damage your skin, just in different ways. One causes premature aging, the other is more prone to causing sunburn, DNA damage, and skin cancer.

Americans in 17 states are being advised to stay out of the sun today, as elevated UV radiation levels pose serious health risks. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the ...

Medications taken by millions of people carry a risk of sun sensitivity and "severe sunburn", the UK's drug watchdog has ...

Cover up, wear a hat and sunglasses. Use SPF 30+ sunscreen. Stay in the shade near midday when the sun is strongest. Limit ...

The UV Index isa measurement of the intensity of the sun and its radiation. Meteorologist Lauren Brand explains what it is and how to stay safe.

News5 meteorologist Lauren Brand explains the risks of extreme ultraviolet radiation today and shares essential tips to help ...

Sunscreen protects you from premature aging and skin cancer by absorbing the sun's UV rays. Learn about sun protection, including tips.

Lanthanides are a class of rare earth elements that in many countries are added to fertilizer as micronutrients to stimulate plant growth. But little is known about how they are absorbed by plants or ...

We present quantum efficiency (QE) and quantum yield (QY) measurements of novel deep optical stack etching extreme-ultraviolet complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor photodiodes of different sizes ...

New microbial sensors? CryoRs are sensors for UV irradiation and are also capable of inward proton translocation modulated by ...

A research team led by Dr. Shen Jinhua from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (XAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has investigated rapid spatiotemporal vertical electric currents (VECs) ...

Extreme heat returns. Photo: MTI Back to today’s weather: extreme UV-B radiation is forecast, making it highly inadvisable to sunbathe between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.—even at the beach. If exposure is ...