Light, striking the water's surface where air and water meet, can break water molecules away and float them into the air, causing evaporation in the absence of any source of heat.

At the interface of water and air, light can, in certain conditions, bring about evaporation without the need for heat, according to a new study.

Salt-water lights, which work without sunlight or batteries, are a practical addition to your emergency kit for your home or vehicle.

In experiments, light shining on water as much as doubled the evaporation rate expected from heat alone, hinting at a never-before-seen effect.

A surprising new study suggests that light alone can evaporate water without heat – and even do so more efficiently ...

Astronomers have uncovered the largest and most distant water reservoir ever detected in the universe. This staggering collection of water—equal to 140 trillion times the volume of Earth's ...

A specimen called LAR 12252 offers another example—and the University of Oxford’s team recently took the space rock for a field trip to the Diamond Light Source synchrotron in Harwell ...

But as the light source is rotated toward the horizon, resulting in larger angles of incidence, the light bends as it enters the water.

Light pollution is increasing globally, and having a negative impact on wildlife and humans. But the solutions are surprisingly simple.

"Light pollution...wastes billions of dollars annually to illuminate—as one wag put it—the bellies of birds and low-flying aircraft." — Timothy Ferris in the book Seeing in the Dark (2002 ...

A new state website aims to aid policymakers in decisions over an important, but less-understood water source.