I test a series of light experiments to explore reflection, refraction, and optical illusions, demonstrating how light behaves in surprising and educational ways. GOP members face backlash after ...

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Researchers have demonstrated single-shot tensor computing at the speed of light – a remarkable step towards next-generation Artificial General Intelligence hardware powered by optical computation ...

Abstract: Scattering media disrupt the rectilinear propagation of light, significantly degrading the resolution and clarity of optical imaging systems. Current scattering imaging techniques usually ...

A lemon tree planted outdoors is in bloom and also has ripe fruit ready to pick. - Kathrin Ziegler/Getty Images Growing your own lemon tree gives you back nothing but enjoyment. Ok, some trees have ...

Dignitaries formally inaugurate the beginning of FLARE operations. From left: Vyacheslav (Slava) Lukin; Hantao Ji, PPPL physicist and FLARE’s principal investigator; Brandon Thorne, director of ...

Yewande Komolafe’s versatile take on Ghanaian light soup replenishes and restores. By Melissa Clark Afia Amoako’s light soup with mushrooms, adapted by Yewande Komolafe.Credit...Kelly Marshall for The ...

Scientists have created contact lenses that they claim allow people to see in the dark with the help of infrared light, an invention that could allow colorblind people to see colors again, or spies to ...

An experiment seven years in the making has uncovered new insights into the nature of consciousness and challenges two prominent, competing scientific theories: Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and ...

An unprecedented brain study has delivered fresh clues about consciousness—suggesting it's more about perception than planning. Two leading theories went head-to-head, but neither emerged victorious.