How do plants breathe? When do they open and close the tiny pores on their leaves, and what does this mean for their water ...

A study led by Politecnico di Milano, recently published in Nature Photonics, highlights the crucial role of virtual charges ...

Scientists have shown that far-UVC lights, which are already commercially available, can rapidly break down common airborne ...

For the first time, scientists have directly measured “ultraweak” photon emissions from living organisms. In rats this glow fades rapidly after death. In plants it brightens under stress. In the ...

Scintillators convert radiation energy into light and are utilized in a variety of fields including medicine and security. Of ...

Like the colors on the leaves, the sky also changes color with the seasons. In the winter, the sky has more of a blue hue. But in the summer, it looks milky white, even when free of clouds. Why is ...

A plasmon is a quantum of plasma oscillations. These plasma oscillations, also known as Langmuir waves, are rapid ...

Quantum computing company D-Wave Quantum (NYSE: QBTS) tumbled 5.4% through 11:30 a.m. ET on no apparent news -- relating to D-Wave Quantum, that is. Elsewhere in the quantum universe, another quantum ...

The demonstration saw visible light transformed into telecom wavelengths in order to transmit quantum information over ...

From your phone’s facial recognition camera to advanced medical imaging software, specially designed metalenses continue to drive innovation across various sectors. The roots of metasurface-based ...

Abstract: Array-form ultrahigh sensitivity single-beam atomic magnetometers are ideal for high-resolution biomagnetic imaging applications, such as magnetocardiography and magnetoence-phalography. In ...

From here on in, we will have more darkness than daylight, making this a good time to consider the lives of wild creatures ...