Dec 29, 2022 | Press Releases
Exposure to the Right Blue is Critical for Optimizing Circadian Rhythms Circadian Light Research Center emphasizes healthy circadian lighting key to better health BOSTON (December 29, 2022) One of the excuses the lighting industry uses to avoid addressing the harmful...
Nov 13, 2022 | Electric Lighting Hazards
As the clocks “fall back” for the end of Daylight Savings Time, it also signals the beginning of Drowsy Driving Awareness Week (Nov. 7 – Nov. 14). The National Sleep Foundation aims to inform the public on the dangers of drowsy driving, a common...
Oct 9, 2022 | Electric Lighting Hazards
From the perspective of space, the lights at night on earth have become more intense and decidedly bluer over the last 10 years. Astronauts on the International Space Station since 2012 have repeatedly photographed the earth with digital cameras, and have now...
Oct 9, 2022 | Circadian Lighting Benefits
Circadian disruption by light is a key contributor to psychiatric disorders, so in psychiatric hospitals the lighting matters. At the new 40-bed acute psychiatric unit at St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim, Norway a two 20-bed wards were built, one with blue-depleted...
Sep 22, 2022 | Circadian Lighting Benefits
Two Year Study Highlights Benefits of Circadian Lighting A major trial in four nursing homes, with a total 758 residents, by researchers from Harvard Medical School, shows that installing circadian lighting substantially decreased the number of falls by elderly...