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via UP: The Umbrella Project on Vimeo.

Let there be colors!

High-Performance Genetically-Targetable Optical Neural Silencing byLight-Driven Proton Pumps

viaNeuroengineers Silence Brain Cells with Multiple Colors of Light.

Newswise — Neuroscientists at MIT have developed a powerful new class of tools to reversibly shut down brain activity using different colors of light. When targeted to specific neurons, these tools could potentially lead to new treatments for the abnormal brain activity associated with disorders such as chronic pain, epilepsy, brain injury, and Parkinson’s disease.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!

Finches instinctively avoid competitors coloured red, rather than learning to fear the colour during their upbringing, Australian research concludes.

viaBirds born to fear red : Nature News.

ATLANTA, Ga., July 24, 2009 – A small green beetle may have unlocked photonic secrets that have applications in optics and liquid crystal displays.

viaBeetle Bares Photonic Secrets (photonics.com | Jul 2009 | News and Features).

Farbsysteme in Kunst und Wissenschaft (Deutsch, English, Francais)

Colour Order Systems in Art and Science (English, Francais, German)

Blue Light Zaps Infection (photonics.com | Feb 2009 | News and Features)
This publication has already mentioned before, but here comes the download link also.

Color Study Looks at Effects of Red and Blue.

Also see a related Globe and Mail article:

Blue boosts creativity, red makes you careful

Blue Light Destroys Antibiotic-resistant Staph Infection

Men find red-clad women hotter: study – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)