Optics News
June 11, 2025
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June 2, 2025 — Physicists have developed a lens with 'magic' properties. Ultra-thin, it can transform infrared light into visible light by halving the wavelength of incident ...
June 2, 2025 — Despite advances in machine vision, processing visual data requires substantial computing resources and energy, limiting deployment in edge devices. Now, researchers from Japan have developed a self-powered artificial synapse that distinguishes ...
June 2, 2025 — Researchers have engineered a laser device smaller than a penny that they say could power everything from the LiDAR systems used in self-driving vehicles to gravitational wave detection, one of the most delicate experiments in existence to observe ...
May 29, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated a new technique that uses lasers to create ceramics that can withstand ultra-high temperatures, with applications ranging from nuclear power technologies to spacecraft ...
May 28, 2025 — Physicists have unveiled a breakthrough in quantum sensing by demonstrating a 2D material as a versatile platform for next-generation nanoscale vectorial ...
May 29, 2025 — Researchers present new experimental and theoretical results for the bound electron g-factor in lithium-like tin which has a much higher nuclear charge than any previous measurement. The experimental accuracy reached a level of 0.5 parts per ...
May 28, 2025 — Engineers have developed a multifunctional, reconfigurable component for an optical computing system that could be a game changer in ...
May 27, 2025 — Persons with Parkinson's disease increasingly lose their mobility over time and are eventually unable to walk. Hope for these patients rests on deep brain stimulation, also known as a brain pacemaker. In a current study, researchers investigated ...
May 27, 2025 — Laser-based metal processing enables the automated and precise production of complex components, whether for the automotive industry or for medicine. However, conventional methods require time- and resource-consuming preparations. Researchers are ...
May 27, 2025 — New technology that uses light's color and spin to display multiple ...
May 23, 2025 — A new experiment encodes quantum information in the motion of the atoms and creates a state known as hyper-entanglement, in which two or more traits are linked among a pair of ...
May 22, 2025 — A newly discovered silicone variant is a semiconductor, researchers have discovered -- upending assumptions that the material class is exclusively ...
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June 8, 2025 — Physicists have managed to simulate a strange quantum phenomenon where light appears to arise from empty space a concept that until now has only ...
June 5, 2025 — Harvard and PSI scientists have managed to freeze normally fleeting quantum states in time, creating a pathway to control them using pure electronic tricks and laser ...
May 22, 2025 — Ammonia is a chemical essential to many agricultural and industrial processes, but it's mode of production comes with an incredibly high energy cost. Various attempts have, and are, being made to ...
May 21, 2025 — Researchers have observed hydrogen and deuterium molecules in tiny spaces called picocavities using advanced spectroscopy. This study reveals unique differences between the molecules due to quantum ...
May 23, 2025 — Blue phosphorescent OLEDs can now last as long as the green phosphorescent OLEDs already in devices, researchers have demonstrated, paving the way for further improving the energy efficiency of OLED ...
May 21, 2025 — By carefully placing nanostructures on a flat surface, researchers have significantly improved the performance of so-called optical metasurfaces in conductive plastics. This is a major step for ...
May 14, 2025 — have created a new type of insect cyborg that can navigate autonomously -- without wires, surgery, or stress-inducing electrical shocks. The system uses a small ultraviolet (UV) light helmet to steer ...
May 22, 2025 — Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light ...
May 19, 2025 — Researchers have developed a 3D micro-printed sensor for highly sensitive on-chip biosensing, opening new opportunities for developing high-performance, cost-effective lab-on-a-chip devices for early ...
May 21, 2025 — A new camera setup can record three-dimensional movies with a single pixel. Moreover, the technique can obtain images outside the visible spectrum and even through tissues. The development thus opens ...
Earlier Headlines
May 15, 2025 — A new study explores how EOS transmits ultrashort laser pulses through crystals that change in response to an applied electric field. This technique allows researchers to accurately capture the shape ...
May 14, 2025 — Researchers have developed a simple method to explore a complex area of quantum science. The discovery makes research in this field cheaper and more accessible, which could significantly impact the ...
May 12, 2025 — Massive ripples in the very fabric of space and time wash over Earth constantly, although you'd never notice. An astrophysicist is trying a new search for these gravitational ...
May 9, 2025 — Researchers have developed a new way to create hydrogels using ultrasound, eliminating the need for toxic chemical initiators. This breakthrough offers a faster, cleaner and more sustainable approach ...
May 9, 2025 — Researchers have developed an innovative photodetector capable of detecting a broad range of mid-infrared ...
May 8, 2025 — Augmented-reality (AR) technology is rapidly finding its way into everyday life, from education and healthcare to gaming and entertainment. However, the core AR device remains bulky and heavy, making ...
May 8, 2025 — Fishing pots fitted with LED lights catch significantly more shrimp and fish, new research ...
May 8, 2025 — Researchers have developed a technique that makes high-dimensional quantum information encoded in light more practical and reliable. The advancement could pave the way for more secure data ...
May 7, 2025 — Physicists captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space. The pictures reveal correlations among the 'free-range' particles that until now were predicted but ...
May 7, 2025 — Our brain is a complex organ. Billions of nerve cells are wired in an intricate network, constantly processing signals, enabling us to recall memories or to move our bodies. Making sense of this ...
May 6, 2025 — Researchers recently connected their campuses with an experimental quantum communications network using two optical ...
May 6, 2025 — Researchers captured sound fields around musical triangles. They wanted to understand the physical properties of the triangle instrument, test assumptions about the contribution of the triangle ...
May 5, 2025 — In 1959, physicists James Terrell and Roger Penrose (Nobel laureate in 2020) independently concluded that fast-moving objects should appear rotated. However, this effect has never been demonstrated. ...
May 5, 2025 — An international team has succeeded at BESSY II to elucidate how ultrafast spin-polarized current pulses can be characterized by measuring the ultrafast demagnetization in a magnetic layer system ...
May 2, 2025 — A watched pot never boils, goes the old saying, but many of us have at least kept an eye on the pot, waiting for the bubbling to start. It's satisfying to finally see the rolling boil, behind ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — Researchers demonstrated extremely strong nonlinear light-matter coupling in a quantum circuit. Stronger coupling enables faster quantum readout and operations, ultimately improving the accuracy of ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a way to use mirrors to dramatically reduce the quantum noise that disturbs tiny particles -- a breakthrough that might seem magical but is rooted in quantum ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — A squishy, layered material that dramatically transforms under pressure could someday help computers store more data with less energy. That's according to a new study that shows a hybrid zinc ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Researchers have created a light-powered soft robot that can carry loads through the air along established tracks, similar to cable cars or aerial trams. The soft robot operates autonomously, can ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Researchers have developed a new machine learning algorithm that excels at interpreting optical spectra, potentially enabling faster and more precise medical diagnoses and sample ...
Thursday, May 15, 2025
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Monday, May 12, 2025
Friday, May 9, 2025
- Ultrasound Unlocks a Safer, Greener Way to Make Hydrogels
- Scientists Innovate Mid-Infrared Photodetectors for Exoplanet Detection, Expanding Applications to Environmental and Medical Fields
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- One Glass, Full Color: Sub-Millimeter Waveguide Shrinks AR Glasses
- Scottish Shrimp Study Illuminates New Potential for Bait-Less Fishing
- 'Universe's Awkward Handshake' -- Simplifying Information Processing Using Photons a Quantum Breakthrough
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Experimental Quantum Communications Network
- Would a Musical Triangle of Any Other Shape Sound as Sweet?
Monday, May 5, 2025
- A Snapshot of Relativistic Motion: Special Relativity Made Visible
- BESSY II: Insight Into Ultrafast Spin Processes With Femtoslicing
Friday, May 2, 2025
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Monday, April 28, 2025
- Layered Semiconductor Shows Potential for Next-Gen Data Storage
- High-Wire Act: Soft Robot Can Carry Cargo Up and Down Steep Aerial Wires
- Light-Based Data Made Clearer With New Machine Learning Method
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- From Beam to Battery: Single-Step Laser Printing Supercharges High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
- Some Protective Resin Coatings May Damage Metal Artifacts
- Material? Robot? It's a Metabot
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- Light Fields With Extraordinary Structure: Plasmonic Skyrmion Bags
- Shining a Light on DNA: A Rapid, Ultra-Sensitive, PCR-Free Detection Method
Friday, April 18, 2025
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- Golden Eyes: How Gold Nanoparticles May One Day Help to Restore People's Vision
- Farm Robot Autonomously Navigates, Harvests Among Raised Beds
- Researchers Introduce a Brand-New Method to Detect Gunshot Residue at the Crime Scene
- A Compact, Mid-Infrared Pulse Generator
- 'Cosmic Radio' Could Find Dark Matter in 15 Years
- Scientists Create a 'brilliantly Luminous' Nanoscale Chemical Tool
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Monday, April 14, 2025
- Photonic Computing Needs More Nonlinearity: Acoustics Can Help
- New Method for Detecting Nanoplastics in Body Fluids
Friday, April 11, 2025
- Light That Spirals Like a Nautilus Shell
- Illuminating the Twist: Light-Driven Inversion of Supramolecular Chirality
- Engineered Bacteria Emit Signals That Can Be Spotted from a Distance
Thursday, April 10, 2025
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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- Physicists Uncover Electronic Interactions Mediated Via Spin Waves
- Revealing Capillaries and Cells in Living Organs With Ultrasound
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Transducer Could Enable Superconducting Quantum Networks
- A New Wave in Ultrafast Magnetic Control
- Researchers Use 'smart' Bomb Therapy to Destroy Breast Cancer
- World's Smallest Pacemaker Is Activated by Light
- Scientists Merge Two 'impossible' Materials Into New Artificial Structure
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Enhancing Light Control With Complex Frequency Excitations
- Metasurfaces: Bilayer Device Can Control Many Forms of Polarized Light
- The Experts That Can Outsmart Optical Illusions
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Monday, March 24, 2025
- 3D Nanotech Blankets Offer New Path to Clean Drinking Water
- Scientists Engineer Starfish Cells to Shape-Shift in Response to Light
Friday, March 21, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- Nanocellulose Treated With Red Onion Dye Provides Effective UV Protection for Solar Cells
- Good Vibrations: Scientists Discover a Groundbreaking Method for Exciting Phonon-Polaritons
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Monday, March 17, 2025
Friday, March 14, 2025
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- Spinning, Twisted Light Could Power Next-Generation Electronics
- Tiny Component for Record-Breaking Bandwidth
- Reading Magnetic States Faster -- In Far Infrared
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- Exciting Moments on the Edge
- Catching Aromaticity in the Act: Direct Real-Time Tracking of How 'excited-State Aromaticity' Drives Molecular Shape Changes
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- Technique to Manipulate Water Waves to Precisely Control Floating Objects
- Elementary-Particle Detectors, 3D Printed
Monday, March 10, 2025
- X-Ray Snapshot: How Light Bends an Active Substance
- 'Nanodot' Control Could Fine-Tune Light for Sharper Displays, Quantum Computing
Friday, March 7, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Researchers Reveal Nitrogen's Dominant Role in Global Organic Aerosol Absorption
- Precision Cancer Treatment Using Magnet-Guided, Heat-Activated Nanoparticles
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- Sneaky Clocks: Uncovering Einstein's Relativity in an Interacting Atomic Playground
- Quantum Dot Discovery for LEDs Brings Brighter, More Eco-Friendly Displays
- Nanoscale Tweaks Help Alloy Withstand High-Speed Impacts
- A Method to Purify Proteins With Light: Gentler and More Efficient Than Previous Procedures
- How Agave Plants Survive Extreme Droughts
- Neural Network Deciphers Gravitational Waves from Merging Neutron Stars in a Second
- For Better Quantum Sensing, Go With the Flow
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- Cold Atoms on a Chip
- Researchers Unveil Neuromorphic Exposure Control System to Improve Machine Vision in Extreme Lighting Environments
Monday, March 3, 2025
- Quantum Properties in Atom-Thick Semiconductors Offer New Way to Detect Electrical Signals in Cells
- From Handicap to Asset: AI Approach Leverages Optics Phenomenon to Produce Better Images
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Are Our Refrigerants Environmentally Safe? The Lingering Questions About the Chemicals Keeping Us Cool
- Time Interfaces: The Gateway to Four-Dimensional Quantum Optics
- Novel Photochromic Glass Can Store Rewritable 3D Patterns Long Term
- Multiplexing Entanglement in a Quantum Network