A programmable semiconductor changes its electronic properties under UV light and reverts under a different wavelength, enabling optical writing and reading for potential computing applications.

Fluorogenic DNA aptamers produce light only in the correct structural state, enabling programmable molecular logic, biosensing, DNA origami integrity reporting, and reusable mRNA detection through ...

Geomagnetic storms brought the northern lights to much of the U.S. this week, painting the sky in vibrant hues of green and pink. "Well, we had activity tonight — a lot of geomagnetic storm activity," ...

If you're wondering how your neighbor got such a lovely glow under their roof eaves, it's probably a set of permanent outdoor lights. The name suggests exactly what they are: a type of string lights ...

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With this simple circuit, you will have a strobe navigation light system with LEDs in your rc model aircraft or you can use it for anything you like. This system is composed of two led 1W lights, and ...

A new technical paper titled “Morphlux: Programmable chip-to-chip photonic fabrics in multi-accelerator servers for ML” was published by researchers at Cornell University and Lightmatter. “We ...

Over our school careers, millions of us became super familiar with the iconic bright yellow school bus. We'd dread the sound of its approach as we feverishly finished the previous night's homework, ...

As nights have gotten brighter, the list of health problems linked to artificial lighting has gotten longer, from insomnia to cancer. Lighting in urban areas like Chicago (shown) has gotten brighter ...

A span over the Delaware River that connects Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to New Jersey, now lights up in programmable colors. The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) celebrated ...

Scientists have succeeded in making light behave like a "supersolid" for the first time—a breakthrough that could improve our understanding of this exotic phase of matter. A supersolid has an ordered ...