Researchers at Stanford have developed a compact optical amplifier that dramatically boosts light signals using very little ...

Imagine a sea of glowing blue lights pulsing to the beat of the music. But instead of glow sticks filled with toxic chemicals ...

Red-light therapy promises to treat everything from acne and hair loss to depression and chronic pain. Many of these claims ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a way to “sustain” algae’s ...

Scientists at Hokkaido University have now introduced a method that can measure these forces with high precision. Using this ...

RIKEN researchers have found out how light energy harvested by pigments besides chlorophyll is transferred to the molecular ...

A new optical device allows researchers to generate and switch between two stable, donut-shaped light patterns called skyrmions. These light vortices hold their shape even when disturbed, making them ...

National and EPA-supported programs are encouraging middle and high school students to explore radon through science fair projects, from modeling lung damage to building mitigation systems. Advanced ...

If you watched the Mickey Mouse Club way back when, you might remember Professor Wonderful, who was, in reality, physics ...

From bubbling volcanoes to floating eggs, hands-on science activities turn curiosity into discovery using everyday items.

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...