Researchers develop a highly efficient method to provide coherent light of any wavelength from visible to mid-infrared with a single tiny device. (Nanowerk News) Focused laser-like light that covers a ...

Scientists have created a light as thin as paper that emits a gentle, natural glow similar to sunlight. By using a precise ...

Spring is galaxy season for many amateur astronomers. However, when looking through an eyepiece instead of a camera for astrophotography, you might think of this as the season of pale gray smudges ...

The bottom of a cut-out block of 2 m thick ice covered with ice algae, placed atop the sea ice of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. The disappearance of sea ice in polar regions due to global warming not ...

A consensus is emerging that the dots, sometimes called rubies, are an entirely new type of object in the Universe.

Phytoplankton is an important component of the food-web and is predated by a wide variety of aquatic organisms, such as water ...

The disappearance of sea ice in polar regions due to global warming not only increases the amount of light entering the ocean, but also changes its color. These changes have far-reaching consequences ...