Green light reduces migraine headaches
Migraine headaches, or migraines, are defined as an intense throbbing or a pulsing sensation in one area of the head,…
Image captures light as both a particle and a wave
Quantum mechanics tells us that light can behave simultaneously as a particle or a wave, but it’s only possible to…
Table-top particle accelerator sets world record
Using a small, inches-long device, researchers have accelerated subatomic particles to the highest energies ever recorded from a compact particle…
Quantum camera takes pic using only entangled photons
Using a new quantum imaging technique, a picture has been captured without the camera detecting the light that was used…
Experiment could reveal mechanism behind quantum entanglement
Physicists have devised an experiment that could reveal the precise workings of Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance.” The results,…
Tiny jellyfish has proto-eye linked to stingers
The first steps in the evolution of an eye may be evident in the hydra’s stinging tentacles, say scientists who…
Novel solar cells utilize light’s magnetic properties
Light has electric and magnetic components but scientists had always believed the effects of the magnetic field to be insignificant.…
Lighten up to get heavy
Exposure to light at night may lead to weight gain, even without changes in food intake and physical activity levels,…
Bright light at night carcinogenic
A new study from the University of Haifa confirms the theory that bright artificial lighting at night disrupts the body’s…
Matrix turns opaque materials transparent
Experiments conducted by researchers at the City of Paris Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution have shown that it’s…
The repulsive side of light
Yale University scientists have discovered a “repulsive” light force that can be used to control nanoscale components, meaning that future…
Incandescent light bulbs: not quite down and out
An ultra-powerful femtosecond laser flash can make regular incandescent light bulbs as cost-effective as their fluorescent cousins, say optics researchers…
Entanglement of single photon detected across four locations
California Institute of Technology scientists have demonstrated how entanglement in the form of beams of light simultaneously propagating along four…
String Theory Faster-Than-Light Drive Proposed
Physicists Gerald Cleaver and Richard Obousy, of Baylor University, believe they have come up with a new method for a…
Physicists Create Quantum-Entangled Images
Using twin light beams and a technique known as four-wave mixing, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) and the…
Plenty Of Earth-Like Planets Out There, Say Astronomers
Terrestrial planets might form around many, if not most, of the nearby sun-like stars in the disk of our galaxy,…
GM Bacteria Creates Living Photographs
A living photographic “paper” that uses bacteria to produce images has been created by students at The University of Texas…
Wastewater Reveals A Cocaine Surprise
Law officials and drug policymakers may have to reconsider the methods they use to estimate the number of illegal drug…
UV Light Turns Plankton Into Cloud Factories
Much like Dr. Evil’s weather control machine, plankton may be able to change the weather, and longer term climate, in…