A phenomenon where living organisms radiate fluorescent colours under a special kind of light is showing the natural world in a whole new light. Biofluorescence happens when organisms absorb light and ...

For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter ...

In order to grow big and strong, plants require the red and blue light that are part of the visible "white" light produced by the sun. Scientists have now developed a plant-boosting film, that ...

John Paoluccio is on a mission to keep Lake Tahoe free of invasive aquatic plants. The Modesto engineer built an 18 foot by 6 foot boat that can deploy a high-tech system of UV lamps on unwanted ...

The vacuum ultraviolet region is the area of the electromagnetic spectrum lying between X-rays and visible light. It is ...

Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a new kind of vacuum ultraviolet laser that is 100 to ...