The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the public’s awareness of UV disinfection, and that’s reflected in the growing number of LED-based products available on the market. UV light is used to disinfect ...

As COVID-19 sidelines many businesses, the demand for building lighting has dimmed. After all, there’s no need for lights in padlocked stores, restaurants, entertainment venues, and the like. That ...

LEDs emitting light in the range of 200 nm to 400 nm are classified as UV LEDs. Within this range, there are three bands, UV-A with wavelengths from 300 nm to 400 nm, UV-B with wavelengths between 280 ...

Many efforts to reduce transmission of diseases like Covid-19 and the flu have focused on measures such as masking and isolation, but another useful approach is reducing the load of airborne pathogens ...

How ultraviolet light (UV) works as a disinfection technology depends upon the wavelength(s) being employed. The UVC band with a wavelength of 200-280nm has emerged as a viable solution for interior ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A patent-pending system worn under face masks to sanitize the air and neutralize live viruses such as COVID ...

Perhaps the first randomized trial of an air cleaning device for nursing homes showed no significant impact on the primary endpoint for acute respiratory infection incidence. A secondary analysis did, ...

Editor MAURY WRIGHT shares the outlook from industry contacts regarding the utility of UV-C technology even as the world looks for pandemic dangers to recede. Never would any of us have hoped for a ...

Lighting giant’s venture unit leads $16 million investment in California startup developing efficient short-wavelength emitters for germicidal applications. Osram’s “Fluxunit” investment division has ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KWWL) -- From alcohol-based sanitizers to electrostatic sprayers, health care agencies, businesses, and really any and everywhere open to the public are trying a multitude of ...

Patent-Pending, Antimicrobial Irradiation Respirator (aka A.I.R. Device) is a Wearable UVGI Face Mask That is Designed to be Worn Under Common Face Masks; it Neutralizes Live Viruses Such as COVID-19, ...

While useful for killing pathogens including SARS-CoV-2, 222-nanometer UV lights may produce harmful compounds in indoor spaces, and should be used with ventilation, researchers have found. Many ...