Light

Grant and colleagues investigated falls in care homes by elderly (mean age 81 +/- 12 years old) residents.

Circadian lighting for better lives

New research confirms the value of circadian and natural lighting. 

Best ways to use LEDs

Benedetti and colleagues learned that the lighting of places where people are working influences how well they sleep at night. 

Jiang and teammates studied humans’ responses to multicolor light in the context of space travel, but their findings are likely to be relevant in other situations. 

Circadian lighting helps us feel tip top, keep our stress levels in check, and do whatever mental gymnastics are required of us to our full potential.  Neuroscience research is packed with insights into how to “circadian light.”

The Mason team’s findings support calls to keep light levels low in spaces where people are sleeping.

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