Tag: light

“All things are numbers,” avowed Pythagoras. Today, 25 centuries later, algebra and mathematics are everywhere in our lives, whether we ...

Ancient fossils shed new light on evolution of sea worm  Credit: Credit: Zhang Zhifei Ancient fossils shed new light on ...

The importance of solar power as a renewable energy resource is increasing. Sunlight contains high-energy UV light with a wavelength ...

The development of stimuli-responsive polymers has brought about a wealth of material-related opportunities for next-generation small-scale, wirelessly controlled soft-bodied robots. ...

Women who ovulate for longer over their lifetimes have a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer, suggesting that suppressing ovulation ...

We can frequently find in our daily lives a localized wave structure that maintains its shape upon propagation—picture a smoke ...

Climate change and human activities strongly influence forests, but researchers have not fully understood the pervasiveness of these stressors and ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — As buzz grows ever louder over the future of quantum, researchers everywhere are working overtime to ...

HOUSTON – (Jan. 18, 2023) – There are many ways to initiate chemical reactions in liquids, but placing free electrons ...

A large-scale biobank-based study performed in Finland has discovered several new disease genes as well as new insights on how ...

Fukuoka, Japan—An international team of researchers from Japan and Germany has developed a new system that upconverts blue LED light ...

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS CoV-2 virus, continues to threaten populations around the world, after killing over 1 ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Science; DOI   10.29026/oes.2022.220020  considers high-speed visible light communication based on micro-LED. Credit: OES A new publication from ...

Plastics are ubiquitous in our society, found in packaging and bottles as well as making up more than 18% of ...

BOSTON — Proven to protect against a wide array of diseases, exercise may be the most powerful anti-aging intervention known to ...

Human life is inextricably bound to light. Developments in science and technology have increased the popularity of artificial light and ...

The deep blue of your LED display is likely produced by indium gallium nitride (InGaN), a costly substance. In the ...

The way electrons interact with photons of light is a key part of many modern technologies, from lasers to solar ...

Catalysts boost chemical reactions from our bodies to the industrial production of compounds and controlled fuel combustion in the car. ...

Scientists are increasingly seeking to discover more about quantum entanglement, which occurs when two or more systems are created or ...