Hank Green of SciShow energetically explained the glowing physics behind the natural phenomenon of fluorescence.

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In the quest for next-generation energy, sensing, and pigment technologies, semiconducting metal oxides like titanium dioxide ...

I vividly remember the first time I saw uranium glass. In daylight, the antique bowl looked ordinary—pale green, transparent ...

Findings about the chemical makeup of cave systems can teach us about life in places humans have yet to reach.

Inside Wind Cave the scientists found that chemicals fossilised within the rocks shine in brilliant hues of pink, blue, and ...

Deep below the Earth’s surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the ...

Fluorescent caves deep below America show how alien life could exist on one of Jupiter's moons, say scientists. The chemistry ...

Astrobiologist Joshua Sebree of the University of Northern Iowa suggests that South Dakota's Wind Cave exhibits chemical ...

A section of South Dakota’s Wind Cave seen under normal white light (left image) transforms into something otherworldly when placed under UV light (right image).

Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, Cedex 9 38044, France ...