From the ultra-high frequency hearing of the Greater Wax Moth to the polarized light-detecting eyes of mantis shrimp, ...

Both teams releasing papers detected the object independently, using different sets of data. Both teams found the same ...

An Australian researcher says large-scale solar farms affect wildlife migratory routes due to polarized light pollution, but ...

Magnetic fields play an important—if sometimes underappreciated—part in planetary systems. Without a strong magnetic field, ...

We’ve never known why sunspots can last on our star’s surface for as long as they do, but we finally cracked the case.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Scientists have used electrical pulses to manipulate magnetic information into a polarized light signal, a discovery that could revolutionize long-distance optical telecommunications, ...

By twisting light just right, scientists can now unlock dual hidden images from a single metasurface—ushering in new ...

Polarized light yields fresh insight into mysterious fast radio bursts Scientists looked at how polarization changed direction to learn more about origins.

By leveraging the concept of chirality, or the difference of a shape from its mirror image, EPFL scientists have engineered an optical metasurface that controls light to yield a simple and versatile ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Some beetles, such as Anomala albopilosa, strongly reflect left circularly polarized light (electromagnetic waves that oscillate leftward relative to the direction of light ...