That means we can identify minerals using how they appear in doubly polarized light under a microscope! Hornblende (brown) with dark reaction rims in plain (singly) polarized light from a sample of ...

Chemists are investigating the bizarre properties of certain materials that could be used to develop oxygen safety systems ...

Bacteria can be engineered to sense a variety of molecules, such as pollutants or soil nutrients. In most cases, however, ...

Researchers have created a bilayer metasurface made of two stacked layers of titanium dioxide nanostructures, opening new possibilities for structuring light.

Plant cells without walls, known as protoplasts, are very fragile, and it has been difficult to keep them alive under a ...

MIT scientists used light to control how a starfish egg cell jiggles and moves during its earliest stage of development. Their optical system could guide the design of synthetic, light-activated cells ...

For patients with polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a common genetic disorder that ravages the waste-removing organ with cysts ...