Your eyes aren’t good at blocking blue light. So almost all of it passes straight through to the back of your retina, which helps your brain translate light into images. Exposure to all ...

Getty Images Researchers tested different ... analyzing their sleep quality and brain activity. Those exposed to higher levels of blue light during the day showed noticeable improvements in ...

AleksandarNakic/Getty Images Blue light from the sun is vital in regulating ... into the eye into electrical signals relayed to the brain, providing vision. First study author Dr. Christine ...

nearly all visible blue light passes through the front of the eye (cornea and lens) and reaches the retina, the cells that convert light for the brain to process into images,” explains Barnett.

Early laboratory studies suggest potential concerns regarding retinal cells, which detect light and transmit visual information to the brain. Some research indicates blue light may accelerate ...

That’s because your smartphone, tablet, laptop, and TV all give off blue light. So do fluorescent and ... circadian rhythm plays a role in several brain and behavioral processes, like ...

These cells connect directly to the brain’s suprachiasmatic nucleus, the central pacemaker governing circadian rhythms. This direct pathway explains why blue light exposure so powerfully ...

It seems like common sense that the glaring blue light of your smartphone can prevent you from falling asleep. Light is what we need to get us going in the morning, so of course a bright phone ...

This treatment, which consists of a blue dye and red light ... Studies have found certain wavelengths of red light can penetrate the skull and reach the brain. Several factors influence how ...