A reflection-based solar cell design inspired by periscopes achieves near-complete visible transparency and record light ...

Thinking of the screen as skin means rethinking the relationship between body and technology. In Emanuela Moretti’s ...

Scientists have created glow-in-the-dark succulents that can recharge with sunlight and shine for hours, rivaling small night lights. Unlike costly and complex genetic engineering methods, this ...

Under the sea, green algae have evolved a clever way to handle too much sunlight. Scientists found that a special pigment called siphonein acts like a natural sun shield, protecting the algae’s ...

Cloud-9, shown in magenta. The circle represents the region where researchers focused their search for stars—the peak of radio emission. NASA, ESA, VLA, Gagandeep Anand (STScI), Alejandro ...

A completely dark, invisible object weighing 1 million times the mass of the Sun has been detected through its gravitational influence alone, without emitting any light. Hidden within a distant galaxy ...

Spectrophotometry is a method that measures the amount of light that a sample or object absorbs or reflects as a functional of wavelength using an instrument known as a spectrophotometer. A ...

A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a dying sunlike star is enriching the galaxy with the elements needed for life.