The story of our ruined sleep, in virtually every telling I've heard, begins with Thomas Edison: electric light destroyed the sanctity of night.
And in recent decades curators and conservators have increasingly sounded the alarm that excessive light destroys valuable art.
"Xeroderma patients simply cannot repair their skin cells when UV light destroys them," explains Dr. Kenneth Kraemer, a research dermatologist at the National Cancer Institute.
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When making your own scented oils, always remember that light destroys scent.
What had previously only been theorized is now possible by using individual atoms to gently tally the particles of light without destroying them, physicists report.
Now that the successful cultures have been activated, wrap the containers completely in electrical tape or another light-blocking material, since light can destroy or damage yeast colonies.
Laser treatment, also called Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) therapy, uses quick pulses of light to destroy dark-spot causing melanin.
