Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., tested whether a device used to deliver blue light directly to the eyes would affect circadian rhythms — the body’s internal clock that regulates when and how much people sleep and other biological cycles.
“Light and dark patterns are the major synchronizer of circadian rhythms to the [...]
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