Ocean Optics reports on how spectroscopy revolutionizes research by utilizing light to analyze materials, improving accuracy ...

Using the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT), astronomers have observed a nearby galactic globular cluster known as NGC 6569.

Ammonia (NH3) is a colorless chemical compound comprised of nitrogen and hydrogen that is widely used in agriculture and in ...

In a patch of sky about 1. 2 billion light-years from Earth, astronomers have found a cosmic rarity: three galaxies caught in ...

Union Terrace Gardens and Marischal Square will be transformed when Spectra returns for its 12th year from February 5 to 8.

A new method predicts leaf optical properties from traits, improving canopy light modeling and photosynthesis estimates in ...

Long before rockets and satellites, the Crab Nebula shone as a steady X-ray beacon powered by a neutron star spinning every ...

Researchers have shown that near- and mid-infrared spectroscopy of leaves can reliably reveal a fruit’s ripeness without ...

A team of astronomers believe they've witnessed, for the first time, a star exploding in a mythical "superkilonova." ...

New high-resolution images show that novae are anything but simple stellar fireworks. One exploded with multiple gas streams ...

ICFO researchers have set a new record by generating the shortest soft X-ray pulse to date –just 19.2 attoseconds long. This is the fastest flash of light, faster than the atomic unit of time (24.2 ...

A method using light to measure blood glucose levels could save diabetes patients from frequent finger pricks every day.