His latest project: discovering a novel means of measuring the flavor profile of coffee simply by sending an electrical current through a sample beverage. The results appear in a new paper published ...

A new study suggests that airborne micro- and nanoplastic particles may contribute to global warming, potentially accounting ...

China achieves 1 Gbps laser downlink from geostationary orbit using just 2 watts, pushing optical space communications ...

Against expert advice, people are using new and unpredictable synthetic drugs to experiment on themselves in hopes of ...

Refractive index measurement is at the heart of optical science, influencing everything from lens design to material characterization. Modern techniques span from classical prism-based methods to ...

Simulating the nonlinear optical physics that underlies ultrafast laser systems is computationally demanding—a practical ...

A tiny elementary particle called the muon has won a big prize: the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Researchers with Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory—which is affiliated with the ...

Myopia affects a growing proportion of the global population and imposes significant socioeconomic burdens. Refractive surgery techniques address this by reshaping or supplementing ocular tissues to ...

An unprecedented brain study has delivered fresh clues about consciousness—suggesting it's more about perception than planning. Two leading theories went head-to-head, but neither emerged victorious.

The odor receptors in the nose are not distributed at random but organized in a precise spatial pattern, two new studies reveal. By Emily Anthes Over the last century, scientists have mapped several ...

Alpha Centauri sits more than four light-years away, close enough to fascinate generations of dreamers and far enough to make today’s rockets look painfully limited. At current speeds, a trip there ...