Artificial light is one of the most ingrained features of modern life. For humans, light after dark offers convenience and a ...

A new study published in Science Advances by researchers from the National Graphene Institute at University of Manchester and the University of Oviedo, has revealed a previously unseen behavior of ...

(Nanowerk News) Harnessing and controlling light is vital for the development of technology, including energy harvesting, computation, communications, and biomedical sensing. Yet, in real-world ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Therésa Jones, Associate Professor in Evolution and ...

The invention of tiny devices capable of precisely controlling the direction and behavior of light is essential to the ...

Physicists from Trinity College Dublin believe new insights into the behavior of light may offer a new means of solving one of science's oldest challenges—how to turn heat into useful energy.

Researchers were able to control the behavior of various light frequencies that passed through a specially designed cavity. The successful experiment can pave the way fiber optic advances that offer ...