Richard Sima is a neuroscientist turned award-winning science journalist who writes the "Brain Matters" column for The Washington Post's Well+Being desk.

Theoretical physics is the development of mathematical formalisms and computational protocols for describing all aspects of objects found in the world around us and their interaction. This can ...

Optical physics is the study of the fundamental properties of light and its interaction with matter. This includes classical optical phenomena such as reflection, refraction, diffraction and ...

The most recent crystal structure of the Fenna–Matthews–Olson (FMO) protein complex indicates the presence of an additional eighth chromophore, which has been proposed to serve as a link between the ...