Robots – that is, self-guided mechanisms interacting with or changing their environments – exist in the popular imagination as large, blocky, metallic beings like R2D2 or TARS from Interstellar. But ...

NASA has selected the far-infrared space telescope mission PRIMA (PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics) to move to the ...

Downtime from fat-dissolving injections is all about dealing with swelling. In the midst of that, I feel like the speed at ...

Researchers have improved upon techniques that use thin films to compress infrared light, demonstrating three advantages that make the films more useful for practical applications. The researchers ...

The human eye can only see light at certain frequencies (called the visible spectrum), the lowest of which constitutes red light. Infrared light, which we can't see, has an even lower frequency than ...

Even materials that look pitch black to the eye often reflect near-infrared light well. As devices using near-infrared light, ...

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 ...

Glow-up or gimmick?

Humans have a new way of seeing infrared light, without the need for clunky night-vision goggles. Researchers have made the first contact lenses to convey infrared vision — and the devices work even ...

Red light therapy has long been used to reduce inflammation and improve skin texture, which is why LED devices are having a moment—you can reap some of the benefits without booking a professional ...