Scientists directly observed dark excitons in atomically thin materials, revealing how they evolve and paving the way for ...

For most of history, the unseen darkness was part of ordinary life. For example, families in medieval Europe slept in two ...

Ask most astronomers, and they'll tell you that dark matter and dark energy make up more than 95 percent of the universe and that they are the explanations for many of the large-scale phenomena we ...

Scientists at OIST have, for the first time, directly tracked the elusive “dark excitons” inside atomically thin materials.

Rare solar eclipse revealed how sudden daytime darkness affected wild birds, discovering that many began singing as if it ...

To make the plants glow, Liu and her fellow researchers injected the leaves of the succulent Echeveria “Mebina” with strontium aluminate, a material often used in glow-in-the-dark toys that absorbs ...

The LUX-ZEPLIN detector is breaking new ground in the hunt for dark matter, setting unprecedented limits on WIMP particles.

Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light. Unlike infrared night vision ...

Researchers have unveiled a surprising new way that soil microbes can use sunlight energy—even after the lights go out. A ...

Earth's satellite problem is only getting worse as time goes on and more satellites are sent into orbit. One of the chief issues with the number of satellites in orbit is how much they can affect our ...