Light-emitting semiconductors are used throughout everyday life in TVs, smartphones, and lighting. However, many technical ...

New options for testing and treating some of the most common sexually transmitted diseases are becoming available.

Earlier studies suggest that other mammals also glow under UV light, but the reasons why have been vague. Deer use the same ...

An unexpected discovery in a Harvard lab has led to a breakthrough insight into choosing an unconventional material, silica, ...

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UC Santa Cruz astronomer Alexie Leauthaud is bringing her cosmology expertise to climate action through Seed Spoon Science, a ...

Inspired by the remarkable camouflage abilities of octopus and cuttlefish, Stanford researchers have developed a soft material that can rapidly shift its surface texture and color at extremely fine ...