We see color because photoreceptor cones in our eyes detect light waves corresponding to red, green, and blue, while dimness ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...

Previously, the research group led by Professor Akihisa Terakita and Professor Mitsumasa Koyanagi of the Graduate School of Science revealed that the pineal organ of bony fish detects colors using a ...

A ground-based observing facility tasked with recording the flare of the northern lights has captured images of an ...

The chameleon, a lizard known for its color-changing skin, is the inspiration behind a new electromagnetic material that ...

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Jupiter's Great Red Spot storm, which usually appears dark-red, can be seen shining a lurid blue color in an ultraviolet ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the infrared glow of an ancient supernova's light echo, revealing ...

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

Reacting to the LED “turning point," color technology and science firm X-Rite has debuted the Judge LED light booth.

This image of Mars taken by NASA shows a Martian crater in the shape of a heart. The University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium will present “Hearts in the Sky,” a Valentine’s Day program at ...

The point is that we generally consider light to be good, safe, even comforting. Yet when it comes to our skin, things are a ...