In 1845, Michael Faraday discovered what’s known today as the Faraday Effect—which describes how light and electromagnetism ...

Scientists have created a soft wireless implant that uses tiny flashes of light to send information straight into the brain, ...

Scientists have recently discovered an interaction between an electromagnetic wave and its own magnetic component as it ...

Dark matter is an elusive type of matter that does not emit, reflect or absorb light, yet is estimated to account for most of ...

A new study from a research team at the Center for Wireless Communications Network and Systems (CWC-NS) at the University of Oulu has introduced an approach using near-infrared (NIR) light beyond ...

We live in a world where smartphones last for about 2.5 years, and even the best light bulbs fizzle out unexpectedly when you need them the most. That said, here is one bulb defying the odds, a ...

Light plays an important role in many aspects of our lives, from our sleep cycles to mental health. If our bodies don’t get the proper light we need, it can cause a chemical change in the brain that ...

For half a year, Joe Hollier has been living without a phone. At least, without anything you'd recognize as a phone. He carries around a pocketable device, the color of graphite, that makes calls and ...

Blue light therapy uses light to treat certain conditions on or just under the skin. It’s considered a pain-free procedure. Blue light therapy becomes photodynamic therapy when it uses a combination ...

Light therapy can be defined as exposure to daylight or specific wavelengths of light for a prescribed amount of time in order to treat seasonal affective disorder, acne, and a myriad of other ...