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A new method predicts leaf optical properties from traits, improving canopy light modeling and photosynthesis estimates in ...

Researchers at Tsinghua University developed the Optical Feature Extraction Engine (OFE2), an optical engine that processes data at 12.5 GHz using light rather than electricity. Its integrated ...

I test a series of light experiments to explore reflection, refraction, and optical illusions, demonstrating how light behaves in surprising and educational ways. GOP members face backlash after ...

More than 73,000 visited Wanamakers in the first three weeks of the revived Christmas light show, for what could be its final season. Visitors fill the Grand Court at the Wanamaker Building in Center ...