New Femtosecond Laser Reported by Scientists

TECH & INNOVATION 01.12.2021 01:40 AM

A team of scientists based in Poland reports a new femtosecond laser - with the latest light source potentially game-changing for various applications.

New Study Explains How Plants “See” Blue Light

01.05.2021 18:30 PM

Plants have been known to perceive and respond to light in a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Now, a new study specifically notes how plants react to blue light.

Do Blue Light Glasses Really Work or Are They Just a Hype?

10.16.2020 22:50 PM

Blue light glasses are the latest eyewear trend these days to help people handle the negative effects of digital screens.

Researchers Discover Novel Method for Creating Colloidal Diamonds

09.24.2020 07:50 AM

Colloidal diamonds - stable, self-assembled material with promising applications in light-related technologies - can now be fabricated, decades after its concept was first developed in the 90s.

New Technology Allows Scientists to Reproduce Famous Painting Using Light

09.05.2020 08:10 AM

Novel nanopillars can precisely control color wavelengths to paint a picture. This new technology can be used in optical communication and making paper money that counterfeiters would find challenging to replicate.

Ultrathin Silicon Nanoantennas Can Slow Down and Redirect Light

08.20.2020 23:16 PM

Scientists were able to fashion ultrathin silicon nanoantennas that can trap and redirect light at will, similar to how echo chambers work with sound.

WATCH: NASA’s Guide to Near-Light-Speed Interstellar Travel

08.20.2020 22:41 PM

Sometimes science fiction goes beyond the imagination that even the impossible is made possible just like traveling through space in the speed of light as the characters explore the vastness of the universe. But the laws of physics do not allow that to happen in real life. In the new video of NASA, they showed what it would be like if someone is to travel in the speed of light.

The Ultimate Camouflage: Invisibility Screen Completely Hides Soldiers and Vehicles

10.17.2019 07:09 AM

Invisible screening technology called Quantum Stealth renders objects invisible to the naked eye, infrared detection, and thermal imaging.

Experts Discuss Lighting Design Affecting Circadian Rhythm

10.07.2019 05:16 AM

A recent discussion among experts reveals that differences in lighting specifications could further improve the design of a building, thereby, improving the wellbeing of the occupants of the building.

Single Nanowire Spectrometers Could Convert Smartphones into Quality Control

09.11.2019 08:32 AM

Scientists create a spectrometer that could produce detailed images, one thousand times smaller than those currently being used.

Physicists Enable Ultrafast Quantum Computing Using Light Waves to Accelerate Supercurrents

07.02.2019 09:45 AM

Light can be used to control some of the essential quantum properties of superconducting states, including macroscopic supercurrent flowing, broken symmetry and accessing individual high-frequency quantum oscillations believed to be forbidden by symmetry

Chemists Discover a New Process of Computing Through Light

05.24.2019 08:12 AM

Chemists from the McMaster University have developed a unique yet simple method of computing by shining patterned bands of light and shadow through different sides of a polymer and cube and reading the combined results that emerge.

Laser Focus Gives Result on Two Sources of Nanoparticle Formation

04.06.2019 15:21 PM

Previous research may have showed that metal nanoparticles have properties useful for various biomedical applications, there are still many mysteries remain regarding how these tiny materials form.

Smartphone Light Hampers The Sleep Cycle By Reducing The Melatonin Hormone And Simultaneously Affects The Body And Brain

07.17.2017 19:21 PM

Smartphone light affects the sleep cycle by interrupting the melatonin hormone production and simultaneously affects the body and brain.

A New Technique Could Manipulate The Visible Light Using Electric Field

05.26.2017 13:31 PM

A group of researcher discovered to control the visible light by using the electric field. In this technique, they are able to direct the light by control the refractive index of the material through which light will pass.

Survivors Describe What It Feels Like After Being Struck By Lightning

05.25.2017 17:47 PM

Survivors struck by lightning describe how it really feels aside from pain. Amid many people having the fear of being struck by lightning, some don't really know how it feels in real life.

Fruit Fly Uses Rhodopsin 7 As A Light-Sensing Molecule In Its Brain

05.11.2017 14:06 PM

A newly discovered molecule called Rhodopsin 7 acts as a light-sensing molecule in fruit fly brain. Scientists from the University of California started a light cycle test to chek the expression pattern of Rh7 in fruit flies.

Transmitting Information At The Speed Of Light, Almost

05.19.2015 13:55 PM

University of Utah engineers have taken a big step toward computing at the speed of light. Their research will help create the next generation of computers and mobile devices-devices that will be capable of speeds millions of times faster than machines are now.

NASA May Have Just Accidentally Discovered Faster than Light Travel

04.30.2015 14:44 PM

Long home to science fiction, traveling faster than the speed of light is quite commonplace as heroes and villains alike zip around their galaxy in an effort to engage each other. It has become so popular, in fact, that you would be hard pressed to find anyone on Earth that didn't know about the concept. Now it seems that scientists could have accidentally brought the notion of faster than light travel out of the realm of science fiction and into real science.

Bringing Ancient White Seashells Back to Colorful Life

04.03.2015 10:59 AM

Searching through museum archives can often be quite a lifeless task, especially when you’re sorting through tons of tons of samples of faded white seashells that went extinct millions of years ago. But with a little bit of ingenuity, and whole heap of incentive, some researchers with San Jose State University are bringing life back to these ancient species and giving us a technicolor look as what the seas may have been like 6.6 million years ago.

VIDEO—Watch How Researchers Tricked Light Into Revealing Its Paradoxical Nature

03.02.2015 20:02 PM

If you ever thought that you were alone in not understanding how light could both be a particle and a wave, you need not worry because you weren’t. In fact, for the better part of a century since Einstein theorized the dual nature of light, even researchers have had a tough time digesting the out-of-the-box quantum physics that this notion required to be true. Many researchers simply assumed that since the math checked out, and Einstein being the brilliant genius that he was, that the theory was right. But now, with some clever experimental design and a super-powered electron microscope, researchers are putting the doubts to rest and proving Einstein’s theory once and for all.