How do you find the quality of the light a light bulb produces? Using the color rendering index, a measure of how well a light bulb illuminates a range of colors. Appliance Science looks at the ...

Light is more than what we see. The Sun sends out a number of waves of light in different wavelengths. Find out about wavelengths and the electromagnetic spectrum. Science Trek is available to stream ...

When most people hear the phrase “adequate lighting” in an industrial setting, they immediately think about brightness and the level of visibility. Certainly, that’s important for employee safety.

From Do Ho Suh’s ethereal architecture to Kimsooja’s irridescent mirrors to Lauren Halsey’s fringed tapestry, a new book from Monacelli celebrates a broad spectrum of light and color. Rainbow Dreams ...

Originally setting out to design safety glasses for use during laser surgeries, materials scientist Don McPherson instead designed a lens that enables color-blind wearers to see the full light ...

For the past six years, the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has been working with a color chemist to produce paint pigments that correspond to each nanometer of the visible light spectrum.

Engineers at Stanford have created a new optical device that can easily manipulate light into basically any color desired. The system uses a series of modulators to fine-tune the frequencies of ...

When it comes to appearances, the universe is a tricky place. Visible light occupies merely a sliver of the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum. To study the cosmos in its entirety, scientists must peer ...