Combining Quantum Physics and Biology to Improve Enzyme Activity Measurements
Quantum Light Improves Sensitivity of Biological Measurements In a new study, researchers showed that quantum light can be used to track enzyme reactions in real…
Optics
Massive Photons Trapped in an Artificial Magnetic Field
An international research collaboration from Poland, the UK and Russia has created a two-dimensional system — a thin optical cavity filled with liquid crystal —…
Electronics at the Speed of Light – Using Light Waves to Move Electrons at Sub-Femtosecond Speeds
A European team of researchers including physicists from the University of Konstanz has found a way of transporting electrons at times below the femtosecond range…
Using Extremely Fast Lasers to Develop Perovskite Solar Cells That Can Harvest More Electricity
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) in a collaboration with the University of Groningen (UG) in the Netherlands, have developed a method to…
Space-Time Phase Modulated Metasurface Makes Light Reflect Only in One Direction
Light propagation is usually reciprocal, meaning that the trajectory of light traveling in one direction is identical from that in the opposite direction. Breaking reciprocity…
New Ghost Imaging Nanoscopy Approach Captures the Details of Processes Occurring in Living Cells
Ghost imaging speeds up super-resolution microscopy: New nanoscopy approach poised to capture biological processes occurring inside cells at submillisecond speeds. Researchers have used advanced imaging…
New Flexible Transparent Solar Cells Could Be Used in Buildings, Vehicles and Portable Electronics
Freestanding Microwire-Array Enables Flexible Solar Windows TSCs are emerging devices that combine the advantages of visible transparency and light-to-electricity conversion. One of the valuable prospective…
New Photonics Breakthrough Could Lead to Unprecedented Internet Data Speeds
A new approach to trapping light in artificial photonic materials by a City College of New York-led team could lead to a tremendous boost in…
Underground Fiber-Optic Cables Capture “Thunderquakes” Thunder-Induced Seismic Events
Underground fiber-optic cables, like those that connect the world through phone and internet service, hold untapped potential for monitoring severe weather, according to scientists at…
New Technique for Studying Ultrafast Events in Individual Quantum Dots
Ultrafast Stimulated Emission Microscopy of Single Nanocrystals The ability to investigate the dynamics of single particle at the nano-scale and femtosecond level remained an unfathomed…
Scientists Invent Way to See Fastest Motions of Electrons That Drive Chemistry for the First Time
Scientists invent a way to see attosecond electron motions with an X-ray laser. Called XLEAP, the new method developed by SLAC will provide sharp views…
Unprecedented Insight Into the Birth of Photoelectrons and Fundamental Nature of Light-Matter Interactions
The first sub-femtosecond study of the linear photon momentum transfer during an ionization process provides unprecedented insight into the birth of photoelectrons. The interaction between…
To See the Invisible – Scientific Astonishment and Two-Photon Vision
It started with scientific astonishment. Why is there a green glow when looking at an infrared emitting device? “Such a strange phenomenon was observed by…
New Method Developed to Detect Light in the Brain
Lighting the Way: A new method to detect light in the brain sets the stage for next-gen optical brain devices. Researchers from the Italian Institute…
Atoms Don’t Like Jumping Rope: Breakthrough in Using Nanooptical Traps for Quantum Technologies
Scientists have removed an important obstacle to the practical use of nanooptical traps. Nanooptical traps are a promising building block for quantum technologies. Austrian and…
Encasing Perovskite Nanocrystals in Double-Layer Armor for More Durability
Armored with plastic ‘hair’ and silica, new perovskite nanocrystals show more durability. Perovskite nanocrystals hold promise for improving a wide variety of optoelectronic devices –…
Faster Computer Processors and Memory With New Electro-Optical Device
First-of-a-kind electro-optical device provides solution to faster and more energy efficient computing memories and processors. In collaboration with researchers at the universities of Münster and…
Freezing Chemical Reactions to Investigate the Quantum Realm
With ultracold chemistry, researchers get a first look at exactly what happens during a chemical reaction. The coldest chemical reaction in the known universe took…
