Designed to accommodate the light ... blue, formed when iron compounds on the paper are exposed to ultraviolet rays from the Sun. “When I teach, I try to convince students that chemistry is ...

Plants can detect blue light too, but instead of causing sleepless nights for our green friends, it could help make their fruits taste better. Researchers now report in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural ...

The blue pigments we use today are artificial, the product of chemistry breakthroughs ... the intensely vibrant shade to be used in purely aesthetic applications. YInMn blue’s unconventional ...

“We are being exposed to blue light continuously, and the eye’s cornea and lens cannot block or reflect it,” wrote Ajith Karunarathne, assistant professor in the UT Department of Chemistry ...

Biology’s blue pigments, however, are tough to bottle. The brilliant blues of jaybirds, butterflies and dragonflies are a consequence of light scattering, so there’s no pigment to isolate (SN ...