July is UV awareness month, a time to remind ourselves of the powerful impact the sun’s ultraviolet rays can have on our health.Here in the Lowcountry, where s ...

Scientists build a "metagrating" filter that selects light by both wavelength and angle—unlocking next-gen AR, sensors, and ...

To mark its third year of highly productive science, astronomers used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to scratch ...

It has been discovered that apart from serving as a source of illumination, LEDs also have the potential to provide carrier waves within the visible light section of the electromagnetic spectrum, and ...

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Visible light communication (VLC) transceivers suffer from optical interference and ambient light saturation, which severely affect the reception of optical signals. In this paper, we discuss various ...

A type of lichen was able to survive extreme UV radiation in the lab, suggesting that ozone protection might not be required for life on exoplanets.

The nova V462 Lupi was first discovered on June 12 by the Ohio State University-led All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae ...

Did light shine in the universe’s earliest moments, or was it hidden from view? While this question may seem simple at first, arecent article by Live Sciencereveals that the reality is far more ...

What are the benefits and risks of light therapy for treating atopic eczema (also known as eczema or atopic dermatitis)?

By utilizing the stability of metal–ligand coordination and the instability of the metal-to-ligand charge transfer excited state to dissociate the ligand, the first chromium(II) decarboxylative alkyl ...