Although science often advances through tried-and-tested methods, sometimes scientists have to find creative ways to test ...

In this video, I show you how to create your own rainbow using just a glass of water, a flashlight, and a piece of white ...

"Dark photon" theory says light's interference patterns may emerge from quantum particles, not waves, upending centuries of ...

By directly communicating with the brain, a new wireless device could someday help restore lost senses or manage pain without medications, its developers say.

I test a series of light experiments to explore reflection, refraction, and optical illusions, demonstrating how light behaves in surprising and educational ways.

Your eyes may reveal when your brain is working overtime. Researchers found that people blink less when trying to understand ...

Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of ...

Credit typically goes to inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison. But the actual story is more complicated and interesting.

A new type of lidar is allowing physicists to study cloud tops at a resolution 100 to 1,000 times higher than before.

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run in a world powered purely by imagination ...

Researchers found that cold is detected differently in the skin than in internal organs. This split system helps explain why ...

In laboratory experiments, the team used the device to send tiny, patterned bursts of light into the brains of genetically modified mice whose neurons respond to light. The mice quickly learned to ...