Researchers last year discovered that dogs, cats and some other mammals can see more than humans. They can see into the ultraviolet part of the electromagnetic spectrum, which allows them to see ...

UV radiation is a part of something that you may faintly remember from your K-12 or collegiate years called the electromagnetic spectrum (below). Electromagnetic energy propagates in wave form and ...

Scientists have developed the first refractive lens that focuses extreme ultraviolet beams. Instead of using a glass lens, which is non-transparent in the extreme-ultraviolet region, the researchers ...

Performing atomic, molecular, and optical measurements at high precision requires very precisely calibrated optical equipment. One method for achieving precision, which won its developers the 2005 ...

Over-the-air television and cellular streaming video are possible because of something you can’t see-electromagnetic radiation. Learn more about the waves that make video streaming and television ...

As we all know, our most important source of visible light is the sun. Those of us who have stayed out in the sunlight on a bright summer's day a little bit too long also know that solar radiation ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- A team of more than 20 Dynetics employees undertook a feat two years ago to build a permanent exhibit at Sci-Quest, Hands-on Science Center that would be both educational and ...

There are seven types of electromagnetic (EM) waves, which make up the electromagnetic spectrum. Electromagnetic waves are transverse waves, and travel at the speed of light. Different types of ...