A New York City program wants to foster student journalism. It’s as vexed by reader engagement as the professionals are.

By adding a sound-mediated way to control light to the toolkit of light-based chips, University of Twente researchers have ...

Scientists discovered strange light pulses that appear without buildup and resist interference, thanks to time’s one-way flow ...

The disappearance of sea ice in polar regions due to global warming not only increases the amount of light entering the ocean ...

This mismatch between classical and quantum views has puzzled scientists for a long time. However, a new study attempts to ...

SINCE the velocity of light is one of the most fundamental physical quantities, any measures which indicate its constancy with wave-length are of basic physical interest. Experimental ...

Many devices have been designed to capture and convert waves’ great power into electricity, but today’s technologies face challenges in efficiency, particularly in deeper waters. As a result ...

“Light waves ‘trapped’ between those two plates interfere, and the distance between the plates selects which exact ‘colors’ of the light are passed on, and which ones cancel out.

With a single click, the Okita Nail Fungus Light begins its treatment by releasing low-level light waves that permeate deep into the nail and battle the fungus. Step 4: Relax and Let the Light Work ...

Light can tie knots—literally. Engineers at Duke University have managed to manipulate laser beams to form intricate 3D patterns called optical knots, using custom-designed optics. These twisted beams ...