Dispersion is an inherent feature of electromagnetic waves. It allows light to behave differently at different wavelengths, which can be useful, but it also creates chromatic aberrations. As bandwidth ...

Scientists have cracked a key mystery behind spider silk’s legendary strength and flexibility. They discovered that tiny ...

Researchers in South Korea have designed a polymer composite that keeps its structure even near 1,000 °C flames, potentially ...

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Now researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a way to use terahertz light to watch a ...

Using these JWST observations, the team inferred the distribution of dark matter using "weak gravitational lensing" in ...

Ciaran O'Hare scribbles symbols using colored markers across his whiteboard like he's trying to solve a crime—or perhaps planning one. He bounces around the edges of the board, slowly filling it with ...

You can tell a lot about a material based on the type of light you shine at it: Optical light illuminates a material's ...