Radiation within the visible spectrum can appear black if it is low in power – more specifically, lower in power than its ...

The rich history of research involving photons is celebrated in a supplement ... preceded by others on such topics as spin, light microscopy, DNA technologies and cancer. Following the advice ...

The white light of the sun is made up of all the colours of the rainbow. And when it reaches the Earth, those individual colours are revealed. Photons from the sun rain down and enter water droplets.

Just as a ray of light is made up of many particles called photons, sound consists of particle-like chunks called phonons.

Scientists have made a surprising discovery: they have managed to manipulate light particles in such a way that they can ...

Experiments conducted at Montana State University in collaboration with Columbia University and the Honda Research Institute have resulted in the emission of single photons of light in a new type of ...

Observing the interactions between dark matter and so-called "dark photons" during a period after the Big Bang called the "cosmic dawn" could help shed light on the universe's most mysterious and ...