It's a lovely summer weekend morning. We relax in our living room with the sunlight coming gently through the windows. We glance outside and can see the green leaves and watch birds in the yard. We ...

Physicists have developed a lens with 'magic' properties. Ultra-thin, it can transform infrared light into visible light by halving the wavelength of incident light. Lenses are the most widely used ...

Thanks to modern LED bulbs, light is cheaper than ever to make—except for one particular kind. Three University of Chicago scientists have announced an innovative way to create infrared light, which ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Iron oxide, found in tinted sunscreens, can protect against the visible light spectrum. Bemotrizinol, a highly ...

Human bodies are not quite as dark as they look. A growing body of research suggests that living tissue constantly releases an ultraweak glow, a stream of photons that appears to switch off when life ...