Scientists have pulled off a feat long considered out of reach: getting light to mimic the famous quantum Hall effect. In ...

'Starfleet Academy' sports a cool 60th anniversary intro honoring this colorful optical effect.

Because adequate sunlight and vitamin D appear to reduce the prevalence of seasonal affective disorder, various specialty lamps have been created to provide this light. Sun lamps, also known as "happy ...

Specific rhythms of flickering light can synchronise brain activity, offering clues about perception and possible future ...

Atomically thin semiconductors such as tungsten disulfide (WS2) are promising materials for future photonic technologies.

Light is an unusually rich carrier of information. Its direction of travel, wavelength, and polarization can all be used to ...

Celebrity-backed devices promise meditative ‘sober trips’. Researchers are studying how rhythmic light reshapes visual experience and mood.

Directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller wanted to balance CGI effects with real sets and physical elements as much as possible.

Project Hail Mary directors reveal how the Ryan Gosling sci-fi film used practical sets and minimal green screen during ...