Streetlights replaced by glowing plants. No, this is not the stuff of American ‘50s Sci Fi. Thanks to our research friends at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the reality is closer than we may think.

Researchers at Stanford University are experimenting with a new treatment for Glaucoma which could completely change our thinking about therapy for the condition.

A dark night sky may become a thing of the past – unless we are very careful. Just a century ago, we all experienced dark skies after nightfall, but now our world is illuminated around the clock. The result is light pollution, and the effects could be far

Much has been written recently about China’s high-speed implementation of solar energy production, with predicted installations in 2017 alone capable of dealing with half total global demand.

Diatoms – tiny algae that are found naturally throughout our oceans – demonstrate an extraordinary ability to trap and scatter light.

Harry Potter beware! Hard though it may seem to believe, Austrian boffins believe they have developed a technique for projecting light waves right through solid material.

There are more than 10,000 accidents related to traffic every year in Singapore – a great many involving smartphone users. Advanced LED strips have been placed on the path near the edge of two very busy crossings picked to be part of a trial in an attemp

The use of artificial light at night is spreading rapidly through the world, expanding by an estimated 6% every year.

Using tiny remote-triggered LED chips, a team at the University of Rochester have discovered a form of immunotherapy which could change the way cancer is treated.

It all started when NASA scientist Alexander Marshak spotted a pale blue twinkling dot on images sent back from a weather satellite launched in 2015. Long term observation revealed hundreds of instances of the flashing light over a period of a year, many