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In one of the most baffling discoveries of the last decade, scientists have found a clue in a cave to how life might survive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laser-like light that spans a wide range of frequencies is a powerful tool for science and industry. From semiconductor chip ...

The experimental setup shown here incorporates on-chip optical parametric oscillator (OPO) technology to generate a frequency comb of laser-like light covering a wide range of frequencies with very ...

For decades, bulky spectrometers have been the main tools for understanding how things are made of chemicals (a thing called composition). Spectrometers are a type of lab equipment that uses prisms or ...

Spring is galaxy season for many amateur astronomers. However, when looking through an eyepiece instead of a camera for astrophotography, you might think of this as the season of pale gray smudges ...