Can Light Waves Penetrate Opacity? Here's How Scientists Did It!

Medicine & Technology Apr 13, 2021

Researchers from University of Utrecht and the Technical University of Vienna created special light waves that penetrate opaque materials.

New Study Takes Us Closer to Holograms on Food

Feb 18, 2021

Holograms have been used for a variety of applications - passports and licenses, credit cards, product packaging. Now, edible holograms could soon be used to decorate food items.

Researchers Created a Magic Carpet Through Light; Will This Hoverboard Make It To NASA?

Feb 15, 2021

Experts made a magic carpet based on light-induced flow technology. Such innovation could carry climate sensors high in the atmosphere soon.

Are There 11 or 17 Colors in This Picture? Science Explains Confusing Optical Illusion

Feb 11, 2021

An optical illusion posted on Twitter is making a buzz on the internet these days, confusing many people. Here's what science says about it.

Living Near Artificial Night Lights Increases Risks of Thyroid Cancer

Feb 08, 2021

A new study suggests that people living in areas exposed to high levels of artificial lights at night may be facing higher risks of developing thyroid cancer later in life.

European Researchers Develop New Source for Single Photons

Jan 30, 2021

Physicists from the University of Basel in Switzerland and Ruhr University Bochum in Germany developed a novel source of single photons - capable of producing billions of tiny quantum particles each second.

Caltech Scientists Observe an Optical Chaotic System in Real-Time

Jan 14, 2021

Chaotic systems are systems that are sensitively dependent on initial conditions and, while appearing predictable at first, grows increasingly more random - and researchers have observed one such system using ultrafast cameras.

New Femtosecond Laser Reported by Scientists

Jan 12, 2021

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

Jan 05, 2021

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?

Oct 16, 2020

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

Sep 24, 2020

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

Sep 05, 2020

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

Aug 20, 2020

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

Aug 20, 2020

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

Oct 17, 2019

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