During the coronavirus pandemic, some are turning to ultraviolet light to disinfect objects, but how safe are they? And are they effective at fighting the coronavirus? The U.S. Food and Drug ...

Researchers from MIT have developed a new way to keep shared spaces free of the coronavirus and other pathogens: a UVC light-equipped robot. UVC light is capable of disinfecting surfaces and ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed many of our behaviours and attitudes towards infection control. Hand hygiene was one of the earliest and most adopted measures to counteract the spread ...

CARLSBAD, CA / ACCESSWIRE / May 29, 2020 / OPTEC International, Inc., (OTC PINK:OPTI) today announced the company has signed an exclusive distribution agreement for a new line of Far UVC LED ...

Patent-Pending UVC Purelight 360™ is Proven to Effectively Eliminate up to 99.9% of Pathogens MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Infectious disease specialists and lighting industry veterans unveiled today the ...

UV light sanitizers are popping up as the answer to killing coronavirus on our hands and phones, but consumer devices may have more risks than they're worth. With man-made hand sanitizer in short ...

CARLSBAD, CA / ACCESSWIRE / June 11, 2020 / OPTEC International, Inc., (OTC PINK:OPTI) today announced the Company will be introducing the OPTEC "Rover" Commercial UVC line of Disinfecting & ...

The US manufacturer Bolb Inc has developed an LED for the first time that delivers an output power of 100mW at a UVC wavelength of 265nm. This means that the UVC LEDs distributed by LASER COMPONENTS ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, ultraviolet radiation became one of the go-to methods for preventing the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, along with facemasks, hand sanitizer and social distancing.

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LASER COMPONENTS introduces Blazar from Bolb Inc., a ready-to-use UVC lamp for surface disinfection. The unit is about the size of a handheld spotlight and emits 2.0W Opt of UVC radiation thanks to ...