Sunlight News

Texas City - Researchers have developed an effective and low-cost method to produce water of drinking water quality through the use of hydrogel technology. The process works in conjunction with sunlight.

Toronto - Following the recommendation that people in the U.K. take vitamin D supplements, a pressure group in Canada has begun lobbying for the recommendations to be made by the Canadian government.

According to a new UK study, babies delivered during the hottest months of the year have a better chance of enjoying a healthy adulthood, due to early exposure to sunlight.

A warning has been issued after a family's home was devastated by a raging fire started by a Nutella jar that had been left by a window. It magnified the sun's rays and started the huge fire.

Enhancing the expression of a single gene in tomatoes seemingly improves the plant’s ability to withstand light and increases yields.

Bright morning light is associated with weight loss, according to a new study. People who had most exposure to bright light in the morning had a significantly lower body mass index (BMI) than those who had most of their light exposure later in the day.

Shortly after demonstrating dung beetles’ ability to navigate by the stars, researchers in Sweden provide evidence that the insects can also use the sun to find their way.

Rjukan - A remote Norwegian town, nestled in a steep-sided valley in southern Norway, lives in the shadows during winter. Now a bright idea will bring sunshine to the people of Rjukan in Telemark, Norway.

A new research report suggests that the peculiar leaves of the Swiss cheese plant, which form a pattern of holes, have developed to help them to avoid stress.

Burnsville - Firefighters and a store owner in Minnesota learned a valuable lesson when they discovered sunlight and vodka can be a dangerous combination.

An unnamed Swiss woman in her early 50's has died after attempting to live on only rays of sunlight, starving herself in a concept also known as breatharianism.

The 'sunshine vitamin' may be just what the doctor needs to order when it comes to preventing the flu's complications according to the founder of Sunlight, Nutrition and Health Research Center, Dr. William Grant.

According to a study from the University of Colorado, 75% of Americans are Vitamin D deficient. The change in outdoor behaviors have been cited.

Researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine show an association between deficiency in exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B (UVB), and breast cancer.

Researchers have found a novel method of recycling carbon dioxide emissions to produce fuels such as methanol or gasoline. It will use sunlight to break down carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide and oxygen, and use the former to make other fuels.

My mother told me today that she's figured out a way of making her own washing powder. She's tried and tested it and it is as good as the top brands, she assures me. This is how you can do it too.

Imagine living in a village where there's no sunlight for three months out of the year.

One thing they do not mention is the Initial cost of the thing but the advantages might outweigh it.