New technology
Above all, watch 3D right on regular eyeglasses
Building on current holographic technology, a team of optical display experts has invented a way to improve 3D displays small enough to work in regular eyeglasses.
Light
Browse ScienceInfo articles and explainers related to Light.
Topic archive
Articles about Light
3,286 published items.
Oceanography
Rare super black fish swim at a depth of nearly 800m
Scientists recorded an ultra-black anglerfish with the ability to absorb at least 99.5% of light in the deep sea off the coast of California.
Computer science
Is Night Shift yellow screen mode on phones really effective?
Since 2017, Apple has introduced Night Shift into its products. This setting is intended to minimize the adverse effects of blue light.
1001 mystery
The mystery of the ghostly light makes scientists scratch their heads
Today we have discovered exoplanets thousands of light years away from earth.
Archeology
Cosmic rays shed light on 7,000-year-old Greek village
A powerful cosmic ray caused a spike in radiocarbon levels in an area of Greece in 5259 BC.
Space science
Find the 'highway' straight into the space-time tear
The hypothetical structure mentioned by Einstein in 1915 has been confirmed in a space-time tear 10,000 light years away from us.
Space science
Heliosphere: Invisible Guardian of the Solar System!
Hidden behind the bright light of the Sun, our Solar System is surrounded by an invisible but powerful shield called the Heliosphere.
Discover science
Does the reflection between two mirrors facing each other last indefinitely?
The Infinity Mirror effect occurs when two mirrors are placed opposite each other, in which the object's image is reflected many times, creating the illusion of countles…
Discover science
Discover the ghostly green lightning phenomenon
Green lightning is a natural optical phenomenon that occurs after sunset or before dawn. However, because of its ghostly blue light, many people confuse it with mysterio…
Archeology
Discovery of dinosaur fossils with feathers and scales
Scientists discovered a new fossil of a dinosaur (Psittacosaurus) that had skin that combined feathers like a bird and hard scales like a reptile.
Space science
A giant structure hidden in deep space is challenging human understanding of the universe
A giant structure in the distant universe is challenging our understanding of how the universe evolved.
Space science
Signals from space help predict drought early
A recent study by NASA scientists can help detect flash drought signals up to 3 months before it occurs, contributing to future damage mitigation efforts.
Space science
The blue fireball made the Spanish sky as bright as day
The fireball from the comet debris traveling at 160,934 km/h emitted blinding white, green and blue light near midnight.
Space science
New research revives the potential for warp engines, helping to travel into space faster than the speed of light
The research report shows a new version of the warp engine, without using materials that science cannot yet