How do photosynthetic organisms harvest light so efficiently? To help answer this question, researchers have developed an ultrafast transient absorption microscope with sensitivity approaching the ...

Scientists at the University of East Anglia have uncovered a hidden property of light that allows it to twist, spin and ...

After a long, winding road of tests, researchers at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and other ...

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Two-dimensional maps of clinopyroxene crystals that passed through a volcano’s magma chamber display a sharp increase in ...

Researchers have captured the first real-world evidence of tiny electrical flashes glowing from treetops during thunderstorms ...

The Sombrero galaxy and its glowing halo of stars have never looked this good. The latest photo of the popular hat-shaped ...