Mozilla Labs has launched what it says is a series of experiments designed to "bridge the divide in the user experience between web applications and desktop apps." The first release is Prism the new ...

Great question, Desiree. Let me start with a story about the scientist Isaac Newton. About 350 years ago, he was thinking a lot about light, and what it is made of. He held a prism up to the light and ...

Prisms are commonly used in spectroscopy for dispersing or controlling the direction or polarisation of light. This can be helpful for splitting the incoming light into its wavelength components to ...