How can we measure visible light? The electromagnetic spectrum includes all forms of light energy, known as electromagnetic radiation. (1) Different types of electromagnetic radiation such as radio ...

Portland, Ore. — All natural materials bend electromagnetic radiation–from microwaves to visible light–in the same predictable direction: away from a line perpendicular to their surface, or away from ...

Conceptual depictions of wavenumber-selective nonlinear wavelength conversion in Kerr photonic crystal microresonators. Spatial modulation of the microresonator inner sidewall (pictured center) with a ...

A novel technology that utilizes light of different wavelengths to control cellular functions by inducing reversible assembly and disassembly of molecules has been developed. This breakthrough could ...

If you were able to visualize the passage of time, it may appear as looping ribbons of color, these fragments ribboning and ...

Humanity’s most complex ground-based astronomy observatory, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), has officially opened for astronomers. The first released image, from a telescope ...

On a flyby of Venus, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured the first visible light images of the cloudy planet’s surface from space, a new study reports. The nightside view of the extremely hot surface ...