Light and salt crystals could help usher in the next generation of data storage
This 3D optical data storage could allow up to petabyte level of data storage.
Tag: light
Researchers develop human-portable lasers to better study the health of glaciers
Anything involving lasers is undeniably cool.
LHC physicists make matter out of light
Energy from matter was always easy, but the reverse has been difficult to achieve -- until now.
Astronomers witness light produced by the merger of two black holes for first time
The flare was equivalent to the light from a trillion suns.
Complex glass objects 3D-printed using new take on old method
The printed objects are small, but very complex.
Sunflower-like material follows beam of light
It could be employed to raise the efficiency of solar harvesting devices.
NASA releases beautiful new animation of a black hole
It's a space-time-bender!
What light pollution is and what we can do about it
It's not like you could just flip a switch and... oh.
MIT develops programmable, color-changing dyes that you can spray on basically anything
If you've ever been envious of chameleons, rejoice! New research is bringing their color-changing properties to a dye near you. ...
New research finds the neurons that makes mice itchy
"The takeaway is that this mechanical itch sensation is distinct from other forms of touch and it has this specialized ...
The most energetic light recorded thus far hits Tibetan plateau
Gamma-ray particles trillions of times more energetic than regular light hit the Tibetan plateau.
Why is snow white?
...because it can't get a tan.
Physicists propose a new way to levitate and propel spacecraft-sized objects with light
The concept is audacious -- but it might be just crazy enough to work.
World’s fastest camera captures 10 trillion frames per second
The unprecedented scale of imaging can record even the slightest changes in the behavior of light.
SETI project uses AI to track down mysterious light source
Scientists are still in the dark but the new insights place them a step closer to the source of fast ...
Scientists have calculated the force of a photon hitting an object
It's a tiny value, but a huge discovery.
We may have just witnessed a close-by star devour the remnants of a planet
Gluttony? Tsk tsk tsk.
External temperature also influences our circadian rhythms, study reports
It's not just low light that makes us sleepy.
Light pollution from research ship makes Artic zooplankton return to the deep
A team of researchers modified a kayak, equipped it with sensors, a petrol engine, strapped it to a ship, and set ...