Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the world’s smallest ultrasound detector. It is based on miniaturized photonic…
The single piece of glass produces crisp panoramic images. To capture panoramic views in a single shot, photographers typically use fisheye lenses — ultra-wide-angle lenses…
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used quantum optics to advance state-of-the-art microscopy and illuminate a path to detecting material properties…
Study: Pointed tips on aluminum ‘octopods’ increase catalytic reactivity. Points matter when designing nanoparticles that drive important chemical reactions using the power of light. Researchers…
Researchers at CRANN and Trinity’s School of Physics have discovered that a new material can act as a super-fast magnetic switch. When struck by successive…
A team from Osaka City University, in collaboration with other international partners, has demonstrated a reliable and precise microscope-based thermometer that works in live, microscopic…
The approach has potential applications in improving optical communications and making currency harder to counterfeit. By shining white light on a glass slide stippled with…
A new tool to analyze molecules is 100 times faster than previous methods. Spectroscopy is an important tool of observation in many areas of science…
Tiny photonic chip could fit comfortably within the tip of a finger. As new infectious diseases emerge and spread, one of the best shots against…
Milestone towards first practical applications of this innovative accelerator technology. A team of researchers at DESY has reached an important milestone on the road to…
Light Swirls Provide Insights Into the Quantum World A new method uses swirls of light to enable researchers to observe previously invisible quantum states of…
The lens can be used to produce high-resolution images with a wide field of view. It can serve as a camera lens in smartphones and…
Case Western Reserve scientists, collaborators at Harvard and Italian university Unical, aim to ‘revolutionize optics’ by combining nanostructured metasurfaces with liquid crystal technology. For more…
Researchers have fashioned ultrathin silicon nanoantennas that trap and redirect light, for applications in quantum computing, LIDAR and even the detection of viruses. Light is…
Rooftop radiative cooling system could provide lighting power when solar energy is unavailable. Researchers have designed an off-grid, low-cost modular energy source that can efficiently…
Lenses are one of the most commonly used optical components in daily life, including eyeglasses, microscopic objectives, magnifying glass, and camera lenses. Conventional lenses are…
Researchers have found that a common plant owes the dazzling blue color of its fruit to fat in its cellular structure, the first time this…
The speed of a message traveling in these packets is no longer affected by traveling through different materials of different densities. University of Central Florida…