A new discovery shows that messy, stray light can be used to clean up quantum systems instead of disrupting them. University ...

MIT develops needle-free glucose monitor using light technology. Revolutionary device could replace painful finger pricks for ...

One of the best visualizations ever produced of the spectrum of light from our glorious Sun reveals some mysterious holes in ...

Meritus Gas Partners reports that maintaining optimal conditions in grow houses involves controlling light, temperature, ...

A programmable semiconductor changes its electronic properties under UV light and reverts under a different wavelength, enabling optical writing and reading for potential computing applications.

Twisted graphene heterostructures detect temperature with 99% accuracy, reduce thermal image errors by 46%, and execute logic ...

Water is all around us, yet its surface layer—home to chemical reactions that shape life on Earth—is surprisingly hard to study. Experiments at SLAC's X-ray laser are bringing it into focus.

Researchers at the University of Iowa have identified a new way to "purify" photons, a development that could improve both the performance and ...

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is satisfied with the outcome of the Ukrainian-American talks in Berlin with the ...

Our North Pole bureau asked Globe readers to share their kids’ letters, and you delivered – both naughty and nice ...

Machine learning tools can accelerate all stages of materials discovery, from initial screening to process development.

Sunlight looks smooth and white to the naked eye, but when I break it apart with a prism or a spectrograph, it turns out to ...