Coronae glow on the tips of spruce needles, induced by charged metal plates in a laboratory. (William Brune) For the first time, meteorologists have glimpsed the tiny bursts of ultraviolet light ...

Crystal jellyfish have an eerie beauty: thanks to a natural protein, they emit a faint green glow. For decades, researchers ...

A phenomenon where living organisms radiate fluorescent colours under a special kind of light is showing the natural world in ...

Abstract: Compact solid-state photonic devices with beam steering capabilities are essential for next-generation applications including light detection and ranging, free-space optical communications, ...

Abstract: The nighttime urban environment is increasingly affected by various forms of artificial light at night. Color temperature, a critical characteristic of light, has significant effects on ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants, the Trump administration’s latest effort to ...

Before I became interested in healthy eating, I considered mushrooms merely an accessory: a garnish for risotto, a topping on a pizza, and so on. Of course, that was before I heard integrative health ...

Sensitive imaging has revealed that living mice emit a faint visible glow that drops sharply once life ends. The finding reframes vitality as something that leaves a physical trace, linking living ...

One of the most poisonous mushrooms is blooming across California. Thanks to an exceptionally wet December, death cap mushrooms — or Amanita phalloides — have proliferated along the Central Coast and ...