Optics research uses dim light to produce bright LEDs

Researchers at Princeton and North Carolina State University have developed a technique that substantially improves the ...
Government Technology

High School ‘Space Farmers’ Study Growing Plants in Space

Five students at Dow High School in Midland, Mich., have co-authored research about agriculture in space that will soon ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Scientists just pulled off wireless data using pure light

Scientists have turned a long-standing sci‑fi idea into working hardware, using pure light to move data wirelessly through the air instead of relying on radio waves or copper traces. The result is a ...
Woman & Home on MSN

How does light therapy work? The science behind the techy skin treatment

Wondering if this popular skincare treatment is for you? We asked four skin experts to shine a light on the topic of ...
Physics World

Organic LED can electrically switch the handedness of emitted light

A new type of OLED can generate left- or right-handed circularly polarized light from just one form of light-emitting ...

Team captures first-ever 'twitch' of the eye's night-vision cells as they detect light

For the first time, an international research team led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has ...

Creating psychedelic-like molecules by shining light on life's basic building blocks

UC Davis researchers have developed a new method that uses light to transform amino acids—the building blocks of ...
Smithsonian Magazine

When Male Deer Mark Trees, Those Spots May Glow Like Neon Lights at Dusk and Dawn, Though Humans Usually Can’t See Them

During the breeding season, white-tailed deer might use their eyes and noses to navigate signs—forehead secretions on trees ...