Optogenetics has long been a powerful experimental tool, but a growing body of research suggests it may now be approaching a ...

Light can do more than illuminate a material. In some cases, it can temporarily change how electrons move through it. That ...

The Hirshhorn presents “Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space,” an exhibition that reconsiders the role played by major Latin American artists in the development of installation art ...

Addressing a controversy first raised around 1910, two physicists have performed experiments with the aid of an engineer that validate anew the special theory of relativity’s limitations on the speed ...

Scientists are probing topological insulators with circularly polarized light to reveal their many secrets. These exotic materials have potential for quantum computing and other technologies. They ...

The United Nations have proclaimed the year 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies. In this web collection, the Nature journals jointly celebrate this occasion by ...

“Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space,” the Hirshhorn Museum’s new exhibition of five groundbreaking Latin American artists, starts in a deceptively understated manner. Walking into ...

Much of what we know about plant circadian rhythms is the result of laboratory experiments where inputs such as light and temperature can be tightly controlled. Less is known about how these ...

Nearly a half century after Star Trek made its American television debut, "Captain, we’re being hailed on a subspace frequency" and the faster-than-light (FTL) communications technology this Trekkie ...