In a world filled with artificial light and fast-paced routines, returning to natural sources of red light, such as sunrise ...

When surgeons dissect tissue to remove a tumor or make a repair, they must work cautiously, relying on electrophysical ...

How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a ...

A flexible fabric called X-Wear could replace some parts of medical scanners, which would make taking X-rays and CT scans far more comfortable and convenient ...

Amazing Facts on Northern Lights The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, are a stunning natural light display caused by ...

Researchers in the US have looked to biology to develop an anionic organic photocatalyst that can reduce arenes with visible ...

The human brain literally glows, but with a light so faint that it remains invisible to the naked eye. Canadian researchers ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary ... This is how some types of night-vision goggles work: They can see light in the infrared spectrum as well ...

The connection between light and biology starts with photons striking our retinas, triggering signals that reach a knot of neurons known as the suprachiasmatic nucleus; that knot is a crucial ...

Originally, California’s road signs were black with white lettering, but the state changed them after a federal rule was extended to the states. A federal study found that blue-and-gold and ...

Scorpions are one of many animals that appear to glow under ultraviolet (UV) light. Scientists are finding that photoluminescence is more common than previously suspected. Photograph by David ...

For now, users can only see intense near-infrared light projected from an LED source, and they can’t pick up on small details or the much lower natural levels of infrared radiation.