Ultrashort-throw projectors have impressive specs and compelling designs, but big price tags to go with them. Are they worth ...

Life in the ocean runs on light. It fuels photosynthesis, shapes food webs and determines where many marine species can live. Gradually, that light is fading. Since the early 2000s, more than ...

In Hubble pictures taken just months apart of V838 Monocerotis, the dust ring around this star grows by several light-years during that time, called a “light echo.” How can something grow by 5 ...

The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Collaboration has made the first measurements of the quantum properties of a family of three “all-charm” tetraquarks that was recently discovered at the Large Hadron ...

Normally, on solstice, I would be packing last year’s Christmas tree into the back of the truck for a bonfire at Sandy Beach. But with the frigid temperatures and gusty winds, I am inside thinking ...

That might be the first thought that pops into your head when looking at these pictures from Monday night. Other WRAL Top Stories The first is from James Benson, a local photographer, who captured ...

Though we know light travels at 299,792,458 m/s on average, scientists have never successfully measured its one-way speed — the problem lies in synchronizing clocks across distances without already ...

In Slovakia's Oscar submission, Milan Ondrík plays a father whose tragic mistake upends his life and marriage in a drama built from strikingly achieved long takes. Long uninterrupted takes provide a ...

In free-space optical communication scenarios, atmospheric turbulence distorts the complex wavefront of signal-carrying light beams, leading to bit errors and even communication interruptions. Note ...

How dark is the night sky where you live? If you’re in an urban area, the answer will likely be “not dark at all”. The pervasiveness of artificial light – be it in the form of streetlamps, billboards, ...

Researchers have developed a revolutionary new tool for precision measurement at the nanometer scale in scenarios where background noise and optical loss from the sample are present. (Nanowerk News) ...