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Discover the fundamentals of light in a simple and easy-to-understand way. This video explains key principles and fascinating phenomena of light, including how it travels, reflects, refracts, and ...

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The northern lights could be visible from the northern U.S. on Sunday night, according to a forecast from the National ...

Scientists at the University of Groningen, led by Nobel laureate Ben Feringa and colleagues, have created a new porous material that captures and releases carbon dioxide using only visible light. The ...

Nvidia Corporation earnings estimates rise as the stock stalls, compressing multiples. Click for this NVDA earnings preview ...

Caltech scientists have developed a way to guide light on silicon wafers with low signal loss approaching that of optical fiber at visible ...

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Electro-optical detectors are used to measure or sense the radiation emitted or reflected by objects within the detector’s optical field of view (FOV). Passive systems operate without any illumination ...

The universe is packed with riddles, but few are as stubborn or as fascinating as dark matter. First proposed in 1933 by astronomer Fritz Zwicky, this elusive substance refuses to play by the rules: ...

Digitally remastered episodes of the beloved period drama "Mad Men" debuted on HBO Max this week with a host of production errors that inexplicably made their way to the streaming platform. HBO Max ...