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Circadian lighting explained
What circadian lighting is, how light sets the body clock, and why most indoor lighting was never designed with it in mind.
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The Light Doctor: the book that started Sensio BioLabs
Sensio BioLabs began with a book. How reading Dr Martin Moore-Ede's The Light Doctor led to a phone call, a visit, and a shared plan to make indoor lighting work for people.
Light and the body clock
When the clocks go back: what it does to your body clock
On Sunday 25 October 2026 the UK clocks go back an hour. It sounds like a gift, but your body clock does not run on the clock on the wall. Here is what changes, and why light ma...
Light and the body clock
The suprachiasmatic nucleus: the body's master clock
Deep in the brain, a cluster of around 20,000 nerve cells keeps time for the whole body. Here is what the suprachiasmatic nucleus is, how it was found, and why light is the sign...
Light and the body clock
Why light matters beyond seeing
Light lets us see, but it also tells the body what time it is. Here is what that means, what modern life has changed, and what we do and do not yet know.
Lighting design
Human-centric lighting: what buildings get wrong
Human-centric lighting appears in more and more building specifications. Much of what is installed under that name still designs for the eye and the desk, not for the body clock...
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From a research placement to a research company
Sensio BioLabs began as a question and a 12-month PhD research placement with the University of Leeds. Here is what we learned, and why it led to a research company.
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