Animals see the world in different colours than humans – new camera reveals what this looks like

Humans can’t see ultraviolet light – but lots of other animals can.

Daniel Hanley, Assistant Professor, George Mason University • conversation
Jan. 25, 2024 ~7 min

New method uses light to capture carbon dioxide

A new method to remove CO2 from the atmosphere involves molecules that become acidic when exposed to light.

Fabio Bergamin-ETH Zurich • futurity
Jan. 12, 2024 ~7 min


Artificial light lures migrating birds into cities, where they face a gauntlet of threats

Migrating birds need stopover locations en route where they can rest and feed. A new study shows that artificial light draws them away from sites they would normally use and into risky zones.

Kyle Horton, Assistant Professor of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University • conversation
Dec. 14, 2023 ~7 min

It's Time to 'See the Light'

VOA Learning English • voa
Dec. 2, 2023 ~5 min

With a quantum “squeeze,” clocks could keep even more precise time, MIT researchers propose

More stable clocks could measure quantum phenomena, including the presence of dark matter.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Nov. 30, 2023 ~8 min

SAD lamps: do they work? Experts explain how they help the winter blues

SAD is a debilitating condition affecting many people, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Claire Hutchinson, Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of the West of Scotland • conversation
Nov. 21, 2023 ~6 min

Is time travel even possible? An astrophysicist explains the science behind the science fiction

Scientists are trying to figure out if time travel is even theoretically possible. If it is, it looks like it would take a whole lot more knowledge and resources than humans have now to do it.

Adi Foord, Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County • conversation
Nov. 13, 2023 ~7 min

How plants deal with losing daylight

Plants have multiple fine-tuned systems to deal with varying day lengths, research finds. Could that help in developing new crop varieties?

Michigan State • futurity
Nov. 3, 2023 ~4 min


Sunflowers follow the sun, but how?

New research investigates how sunflowers "see" and follow the sun as it moves across the sky.

Andy Fell-UC Davis • futurity
Nov. 2, 2023 ~4 min

In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heat

A newly identified process could explain a variety of natural phenomena and enable new approaches to desalination.

David L. Chandler | MIT News • mit
Oct. 31, 2023 ~7 min

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