Researchers from the Department of Molecular Physics at the Fritz Haber Institute have demonstrated the first magneto-optical trap of a stable "closed-shell" molecule: aluminum monofluoride (AlF).

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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) have successfully developed a new technique for deciphering the properties of light and matter that can simultaneously detect and ...

Ultraviolet light has always sat at the edge of human perception, powerful yet invisible, more associated with sterilizing ...

In a recent study published in the Frontiers journal, researchers assessed the role of lutein nanodisks against ultraviolet (UV) light-induced damage to retinal cells. Study: Lutein nanodisks protect ...

For some time now, it’s been established that the primary route of SARS-CoV-2 transmission is airborne. Research suggests that contagious particles are released into the air and linger for several ...

(Nanowerk News) In a recent publication in Nature ("Near-ultraviolet photon-counting dual-comb spectroscopy"), researchers at the Max Born Institute (MBI) in Berlin, Germany, and at Max-Planck ...

A bus being treated with ultraviolet light in Shanghai, China. Although types of UV light are already in use to decontaminate vehicles and indoor spaces, the wavelengths used are dangerous to people.

Scientists think that their special eyes have evolved for foraging in the snow. By Laura Baisas Published Dec 15, 2023 1:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...