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Close Since the light bulb was patented in 1879, mankind has been guided day and night by artificial lighting, now available from television sets to smartphone screens - and a growing body of research proves their effect on our circadian rhythm. Basically, using gadgets with screens during nighttime interfere with our ability to get that good night's sleep. While there are apps and products that supposedly help mitigate the effect of artificial lighting, the relationship between technology and the body clock is not as simple as it seems. (Photo : sik92 via Pixabay) Understanding the Human Cir...

Every March and November, my inbox floods with emails from folks asking how to ease into the time change and, as a sleep specialist, it’s my job to reassure them. Generally, I find “springing forward” is easier than falling back for two reasons: 1) We are waking up an hour later for this time change instead of an hour earlier in the fall. 2) We get more evening light to enjoy after school and work. However, there are challenges with the onset of daylight saving time, as with any time change. The clocks may simply shift forward, but your “body clock” will not. Your bio...

Juan Moyano/Stocksy Every second Sunday in March marks the start of daylight saving time (DST), the annual period of the year the clocks are shifted one hour ahead. In 2021, DST officially starts at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 14. Jumping the clock forward and back to standard time every year was designed as a way to optimize daylight hours, which supposedly nets energy savings, prevents traffic accidents, and reduces crime, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. But for those who live in states that practice DST (Arizona and Hawaii are the only U.S. states that don’t), research is...

Neonicotinoids, the most commonly used pesticides in the world, were banned in the EU in 2018. More than 99,000 people petitioned the UK government to support the ban amid a wealth of scientific evidence linking this group of chemicals to poor health in bees, from the reduced production of bumblebee queens to slashed sperm counts among male honeybees. The UK government had pledged to keep the EU’s restrictions post-Brexit, but recently granted a special exemption to allow farmers to use the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam on sugarbeet throughout 2021, and possibly until 2023. If this signals the...

NICHIA unveils advanced tunable LED pairing with ‘Circadian Tune’ functionality Date Announced: 17 Dec 2020 Proprietary Human-Centric Lighting Color and Spectrum Tunable pairing are Practical for General Lighting to Help Improve Your Circadian Rhythm. Tokushima, Japan – NICHIA, the world’s largest LED Manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LEDs, announces a new and improved Circadian Tunable LED offering. This new tunable LED pairing has been developed to enhance the regulation of your Body Clock by combining both the stimulation and calming doses, in ad...