A burst of invisible light can do more than illuminate a surface. In a new study, Michigan State University researchers used ...

When Thomas Alva Edison was painstakingly testing carbonized filaments for his early light bulbs in 1879, he was chasing a ...

Early carbon light bulbs may have produced graphene, since applying voltage to carbon filaments mirrors what is now called ...

Light can do more than illuminate a material. In some cases, it can temporarily change how electrons move through it.

Researchers at Kumamoto University have discovered that a purely inorganic crystal grown from water solution can emit ...

When looking through a microscope, the level of detail that is visible isn't just about how much we magnify, but is actually determined by resolution. Resolution refers to the smallest distance ...

A new dual-light microscope lets researchers observe micro- and nanoscale activity inside living cells without using dyes. The system captures both detailed structures and tiny moving particles at ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo were able to detect signals across an intensity range that is 14x broader than that of conventional microscopes using their new device. The study was published ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a microscope that captures signals across an intensity range fourteen times wider than conventional systems. The device records both forward and ...