A spectrometer is a pretty common lab instrument, useful for determining the absorbance of a sample across a spectrum of ...

There you have a nice spectrum of colors, with red being longer wavelengths and violet being shorter. This shows that white ...

Researchers at the University of Michigan discovered a way to produce bright, twisted light using technology akin to an ...

The first-ever photographed black hole emits an extraordinary gamma-ray flare, billions of times more energetic than visible ...

Researchers envision robots and self-driving cars that see like mantis shrimp, distinguishing light waves with different ...

He, along with a team of U-M researchers, demonstrated for the first time that a twisted filament could produce twirling ...

Scientists have found the beginnings of a young universe that may offer insights into the beginnings of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Geoff Bennett and Miles O'Brien discussed why scientists are excited ...

NASA described that the stars appear in blue and white lights because of the X-rays they give off, which the Chandra X-ray ...

NASA described that the stars appear in blue and white lights because of the X-rays they give off, which the Chandra X-ray ...

The iconic "school bus yellow" was the invention of an educator named Frank Cyr. But if yellow is so good for visibility, why ...

Roi Levi leads tours of Iceland and other countries where this year's magnificent aurora borealis is most visible.

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