Researchers at Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) have discovered a cost-effective way to…
Browsing: Optics
Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the design of instruments that use or detect it. From understanding reflection, refraction, and diffraction to advancing technologies like lasers, fiber optics, and imaging systems, optics plays a foundational role in both scientific research and everyday applications. It’s also key to fields like astronomy, medicine, telecommunications, and quantum computing. This page features the latest developments in optical science, showcasing discoveries that are shaping our ability to observe, manipulate, and harness light in innovative ways.
New approach captures multifocus microscopy images with high speeds. Researchers have developed a simple method…
The Polish-Israeli team from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw and the…
In a world first, researchers from the University of Ottawa in collaboration with Israeli scientists…
Custom-fabricated lenses make it easy to attach high-tech microscopes directly to cell incubators. An optical…
The lessons learned from a near infrared absorbing, bowl-shaped molecule made only from hydrogen and…
The continuing progress in miniaturization of silicon microelectronic and photonic devices is causing cooling of…
In his quest to bring ever-faster cameras to the world, Caltech’s Lihong Wang has developed…
Communications in space demand the most sensitive receivers possible for maximum reach, while also requiring…
Based on optical matter, new machines could be used to move and manipulate tiny particles.…
Researchers Design the World’s Fastest UV Camera – Records Photons in the Ultraviolet Range in…
Scientists develop a technique that improves the resolution of cryo-electron microscopy. We’ve all seen that…
ITMO University scientists have conducted several experiments to investigate polymeric quasicrystals that ultimately confirmed their…
A new hollow optical fiber greatly reduces the “noise” interfering with the signals it transmits…
Physicists at Chalmers, together with colleagues in Russia and Poland, have managed to achieve ultrastrong…
Remembrance of Waves Past: Memory Imprints Motion on Scattered Waves Between relativistic and classical wave…
Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the…
The single piece of glass produces crisp panoramic images. To capture panoramic views in a…