Dutch artists launches UV light installation 'Urban Sun' to 'clean' public spaces of coronavirus
Video shows artist Daan Roosegaarde's installation, dubbed "Urban Sun," on display in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The studio said the project was based on "multiple peer-reviewed journal articles authored by scientists from Columbia University and Hiroshima University" which found coronavirus airborne droplets were killed when exposed to a particular wavelength of ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light. "Research shows that though traditional 254nm UV light is harmful, the new far-UV-C light with a wavelength of 222 nanometers can actually sanitize viruses safely," the studio said. Roosegaarde hopes to...
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