Could Exposure to Blue Light Impact a Pregnancy
As a society, we are becoming more and more aware of blue light’s impact on our body’s production of melatonin, the natural hormone that triggers sleep in humans. But, did you know that reducing blue light could also be key to treating some cases of postpartum depression? Well, it’s true – according to a study […]
SORAA ZeroBlue – An Interview with Shuji Nakamura, PhD
Since SORAA’s founding by Nobel Prize-winning scientist Shuji Nakamura in 2008, the company’s story of innovation in lighting technology and science has brought spaces to life with industry-leading color rendering precision, perfect whites and a growing portfolio of fixtures, lamps and accessories. SORAA continues its quest in bringing breakthrough products to the lighting industry with […]
Evaluate Light for Better Sleep and More Energy
While energy-efficient light bulbs have been in existence since the late 1970s, the last decade has seen their use explode in commercial and residential spaces. Given that these bulbs can use up to 80% less energy than a typical incandescent bulb and last 5-25 times longer, their popularity is easy to understand. As these bulbs […]
#LiveLight Chats: Cassie Shortsleeve
Cassie Shortsleeve, writer, editor and regular contributor to national publications like Shape, Men’s Health and Women’s Health, knows a thing or two about travel and healthy habits. We sat with Cassie to learn what inspires her and the role light plays in her exhilarating writing career. SORAA: It is apparent that traveling is central […]
A Hotel Stay for The Senses
Every year, as thousands of baseball players converge on spring training centers scattered across Arizona and Florida, I participate in my own training ritual: I train to sleep in multiple hotels across the greater Phoenix and Tampa metropolitan areas. Sleeping in a hotel can be an adventure. Sometimes the experience leaves you refreshed and ready […]
How to Get Your Baby to Sleep: 3 Tips To Save Your Sanity
Creating an effective nighttime routine for your child can be one of the more difficult aspects of parenting. And making bedtime fun and enjoyable is a big part of helping your child get into the habit of sleeping through the night. But it’s not all bedtime stories and nighttime cuddles, because your baby’s bedroom environment […]
How Olympic Athletes Use Light to Improve Performance
Whatever physiological variables we measure, we usually find that there is a maximum value at one time of day and a minimum value at another. — Jurgen Aschoff, “Circadian Rhythms in Man,” Science, 1965. Jurgen Aschoff was a German biologist and physician who is credited with helping found the field of chronobiology, or […]
The Benefits of Being a Morning Person
The morning lark versus night owl debate is a timeless one. In part that’s because, while we may not always be acutely aware of it, each of us has an individual chronotype, or variation of our internal body clock, that regulates our sleep-wake schedules. About 50 percent of this is genetics. But the other half […]
Living in Light: How our Overall Health is Affected by the Lighting Around Us
Light is all around us, but most of us don’t really think about it on a day to day basis. We may even take for granted how much light fuels our basic needs and functions. There’s no shortage of reasons why light is integral to our health, but here are some of the most important […]
Is Daylight Savings Making Cyberloafing an Even Bigger Workplace Issue?
This Sunday at 2:00 AM, daylight savings will again end as clocks everywhere lose the hour they gained back in March. As the yearly clock adjustment ritual comes to a close, the yearly ritual of articles, interviews and blog postings examining the phenomenon will begin. Outside of why people get sleepy after Thanksgiving, daylight savings […]