In research, sometimes the bumpy path proves to be the best one. By creating tiny, periodic bumps in a miniature racetrack for light, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...

How can we measure visible light? The electromagnetic spectrum includes all forms of light energy, known as electromagnetic radiation. (1) Different types of electromagnetic radiation such as radio ...

Physicists at ETH Zurich have developed a lens that can transform infrared light into visible light by halving the wavelength of incident light. The study is published in Advanced Materials. Lenses ...

It's not easy being green. Scientists for years have made small red and blue lasers, but other colors, including green, have been a challenge. A team has now filled this technology gap by creating ...

On a flyby of Venus, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured the first visible light images of the cloudy planet’s surface from space, a new study reports. The nightside view of the extremely hot surface ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists in Switzerland have developed an ultra-thin metalens that converts invisible infrared light into visible light by ...

Humanity’s most complex ground-based astronomy observatory, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), has officially opened for astronomers. The first released image, from a telescope ...

NASA has unveiled a new view and sound experience of the nearby spiral galaxy Messier 94, revealing the complex structures ...