Tag: sunlight

Solar Panels Built from Waste Crops Create Energy without Direct Light

Solar Panels Built from Waste Crops Create Energy without Direct Light

In another effort to produce clean energy, one engineering student from the Philippines designed solar panels that don’t need direct sunlight to produce energy. He created a revolutionary material with luminescent particles from veggie and fruit waste. The 29-year-old Carvey Ehren Maigue won the James Dyson Foundation Sustainability Award back […]

Vitamin D Supplement May Help Decrease the Risk of Cancer

Vitamin D Supplement May Help Decrease the Risk of Cancer

For a long period of time, researchers have been focused on finding the link between cancer and vitamin D. Namely, according to epidemiological studies, people who live near the equator, where the exposure to the sun helps them produce more vitamin D; have a lower incidence of death from some […]

Leaf Sheep: the only Animal Which Can Photosynthesize

The ‘leaf sheep’ or the sea slug has gone viral lately, and for a good reason. It doesn’t just have this cute name, but a very cute face. Plus, this sea critter is the sole multicellular animal clade able to photosynthesize light into food. The photos of the precious leaf […]

Vitamin D Protects Against Colds and Flu, Study Confirms

Japanese doctors claim that the risk of flu in children can be lowered by 50 percent if they take vitamin D supplements on a regular basis. Under normal conditions, our bodies can naturally produce vitamin D through our exposure to direct sunlight. Vitamin D can be more powerful than anti-viral […]

Psoriasis: Causes, Symptoms & the Vitamin You Are Missing

Psoriasis: Causes, Symptoms And The Vitamin You Are Missing

Psoriasis is an autoimmune illness which causes cell accumulation on the surface of the skin resulting in red, scaly, thick, and itchy patches. Statistics tells that more than 7.5 million citizens in America are suffering from this disease, which also puts a huge pressure on the economy, i.e. the annual […]

10 Hidden Things that Increase Your Cancer Risk

10 Hidden Things that Increase Your Cancer Risk

As explained by the American Cancer Society, cancer is an umbrella term for several illnesses with numerous causes. Unfortunately, although there are available cancer treatments like chemo and radiation, conventional medicine has not yet discovered a universal cure. So, cancer should not be taken lightly and undermined. More importantly, we […]