Researchers from Skoltech have devised a way to detect infrared radiation across a wide range without cooling the detector.

ESA's Euclid telescope identified 12 quasars from the universe's first 770 million years — more than the previous decade of ...

Researchers from the Molecular Physics and Physical Chemistry departments of the Fritz Haber Institute have shown how two ...

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Thanks to modern LED bulbs, light is cheaper than ever to make—except for one particular kind. Three University of Chicago scientists have announced an innovative way to create infrared light, which ...

When things vibrate, they make sounds. Molecules do too, but at frequencies far beyond human hearing. Chemical bonds stretch, bend, and twist at characteristic rates that fall in the infrared region ...

One idle evening last October, Mehtaab Sawhney took up an old pastime. He began perusing the website erdosproblems.com, an updated record of the 1,179 conjectures left behind by the eccentric and ...

What are the most pressing global crises in 2026? Each year, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist identifies the countries at greatest risk of new or worsening humanitarian ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

Punch-drunk syndrome, boxer’s madness, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The name has changed over the years, but the cause is clear: repeated impacts can affect long-term brain health, with ...

The world of wellness has exploded in the last decade, with huge amounts of conflicting advice and endless products hitting the market – meaning, it can be a right old minefield to navigate when ...

It's apparently trendy to post this on social media on Monday afternoon: Los Angeles Chargers running back Omarion Hampton is still on Injured Reserve. Technically, that's true. But every indication ...