Astronomers say a distant, sunlike star shows signs of a catastrophic planet-on-planet crash that may mirror the ancient impact that formed Earth's moon.

Liverwort uses hair-like rhizoids to collect phosphorus from its surroundings and deliver it to where it is needed. This Kobe ...

A new ultrathin photodetector from Duke University can sense light across the entire electromagnetic spectrum and generate a ...

A tiny metasurface chip can turn invisible infrared light into steerable visible beams, opening the door to powerful new ...

Scientists at the University of Groningen, led by Nobel laureate Ben Feringa and colleagues, have created a new porous material that captures and releases carbon dioxide using only visible light. The ...

Silicon-based technology brings fiber-like efficiency to a chip, showing strong potential for quantum computers, biomedical imaging and augmented reality ...

The most common and widespread species of deer in North America may rely on “photoluminescence” in some surprising ways.

The new method, which uses quantum dots, performs as well as or better than current infrared light sources while being much simpler to make. The scientists hope the breakthrough could lead to cheaper ...

A Russian FPV drone was destroyed after an encounter with a weird new Ukrainian weapon. Is this a high-powered laser or something else entirely?

Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a new kind of vacuum ultraviolet laser that is 100 to 1,000 times more efficient than existing technologies of its kind. The ...

After 6,500 hours of heavy productivity use, we revisit our intentionally abused 4K QD-OLED monitor to see how burn-in has ...

Researchers have found a way to use solar energy to power a key chemical reaction that drives many manufacturing industries.