Optics News
March 9, 2025
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Mar. 7, 2025 — A researcher succeeded developing highly accurate biometric authentication based on images of the palms of hands taken with a hyperspectral ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — A collaborative research team has introduced a nitrogen-centric framework that explains the light-absorbing effects of atmospheric organic aerosols. This groundbreaking study reveals that ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — Cancer treatment has advanced significantly, focusing on targeted approaches that destroy tumor cells while sparing healthy tissue. Researchers have developed magnetic nanoparticles that can be ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — Researchers have explored the interplay between gravitational effects and quantum interactions in optical atomic clocks, revealing more about quantum entanglement in precision ...
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Mar. 5, 2025 — Engineers devised a new method for designing metals and alloys that can withstand extreme impacts, which could lead to the development of automobiles, aircraft and armor that can better endure ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — Binary neutron star mergers emit gravitational waves followed by light. To fully exploit these observations and avoid missing key signals, speed is ...
Mar. 4, 2025 — Researchers are working to move cold atom quantum experiments and applications from the laboratory tabletop to chip-based ...
Mar. 4, 2025 — A research team has recently developed a groundbreaking neuromorphic exposure control (NEC) system that revolutionizes machine vision under extreme ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) is a microscopy technique widely used to investigate cells and tissues. Even though first biomedical applications ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — For decades, scientists have relied on electrodes and dyes to track the electrical activity of living cells. Now, engineers have discovered that ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Researchers have developed a battery that can convert nuclear energy into electricity via light emission, a study ...
Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers developed a new optimized printing approach that could enable super-resolution 3D direct laser writing (DLW) of microlenses, photonics ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — A new study explores the behavior of photons, the elementary particles of light, as they encounter boundaries where material properties change rapidly over time. This research uncovers remarkable ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — For decades researchers have been exploring how to store data in glass because of its potential to hold information for a long time -- eons -- without applying power. A special type of glass that ...
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Feb. 26, 2025 — Researchers use rare-earth ions to achieve the first-ever demonstration of entanglement multiplexing between individual memory qubits in a quantum ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — From integrated photonics to quantum information science, the ability to control light with electric fields -- a phenomenon known as the electro-optic effect -- supports vital applications such as ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Cadmium selenide nanoplatelets provide a promising foundation for the development of innovative electronic materials. Since the turn of the millennium, researchers around the world have taken a ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Researchers have invented an entirely new field of microscopy -- nuclear spin microscopy. The team can visualize magnetic signals of nuclear magnetic resonance with a microscope. Quantum sensors ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Keeping work surfaces clean during meat processing is a challenge, and now researchers deliver key insights into a solution that could change the current practice altogether: Instead of working to ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — A hybrid microscope allows scientists to simultaneously image the full 3D orientation and position of an ensemble of molecules, such as labeled proteins inside cells. The microscope combines ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — Optical atomic clocks can increase the precision of time and geographic position a thousandfold in our mobile phones, computers, and GPS systems. However, they are currently too large and complex to ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — A research team has developed a groundbreaking method for synthesizing perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs), a next-generation semiconductor material, in a more uniform and efficient manner. This study is ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — Photonics researchers have demonstrated how self-imaging of light, a phenomenon known for nearly two centuries, can be applied to cylindrical systems, facilitating unprecedented control of ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — Scientists have now mapped the forces acting inside a proton, showing in unprecedented detail how quarks -- the tiny particles within -- respond when hit by high-energy photons. The international ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — Researchers developed a low-cost, scalable terahertz amplifier that could be used to make antenna arrays that can steer and focus high-frequency terahertz waves, for applications like high-resolution ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — Safety critical components for aircraft and Formula 1 racing cars could one day be 3D printed via a new technique that substantially reduces imperfections in the manufacturing ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — An international research collaboration has overturned the long-standing belief that the atomic nucleus of lead-208 is perfectly spherical. The discovery challenges fundamental assumptions about ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — Dynamic facial projection mapping (DFPM) has reached new heights in speed and accuracy, with the development of a state-of-the-art system with groundbreaking innovations. The first breakthrough ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — A new laser-based device can scan almost any sample of gas and detect its molecular ingredients down to concentrations in the parts per ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — A quantum 'miracle material' could support magnetic switching, a team of researchers has ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Acting in the right place at the right time is the key to effective medical treatment with minimal side effects. However, this feat remains difficult to achieve. Biologists and chemists have now ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — It may be the smallest, shortest chorus dance ever recorded. An international team of researchers observed how electrons, excited by ultrafast light pulses, danced in unison around a particle less ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — Using a novel surface-sensitive spectroscopy method, scientists explored atomic vibrations in crystalline material surfaces near interfaces. The findings illuminate quantum behaviors that play ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated a new technique that uses light to tune the optical properties of quantum dots -- making the process faster, more energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable -- ...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- Toward High Electro-Optic Performance in III-V Semiconductors
- From Defect to High-Tech Material
- A Completely New Type of Microscopy Based on Quantum Sensors
- Mimicking Shark Skin to Create Clean Cutting Boards
Friday, February 21, 2025
- New Microscope Can Image, at Once, the Full 3D Orientation and Position of Molecules in Cells
- Microcomb Chips Help Pave the Way for Thousand Times More Accurate GPS Systems
- Highly Uniform Nanocrystals Synthesized by Liquid Crystalline Antisolvent
- Self-Imaging of Structured Light in New Dimensions
- Illuminating the Proton's Inner Workings
Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Chip-Based System for Terahertz Waves Could Enable More Efficient, Sensitive Electronics
- Giant X-Ray Facility Shows That Magnets Can Reduce Flaws in 3D Printed Components
- Breakthrough Study Challenges Long-Held Beliefs About the Shape of Atomic Nuclei
- Revolutionizing Dynamic Facial Projection Mapping: A Leap Forward in Augmented Reality
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- New Sensor Can Take Any Gas and Tell You What's in It
- Magnetic Switch Traps Quantum Information Carriers in One Dimension
- Using Light to Activate Treatments in the Right Place
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- Researchers Record Ultrafast Chorus Dance of Electrons on Super-Small Particle
- New Nanoscale Technique Unlocks Quantum Material Secrets
- Light-Powered Breakthrough Enables Precision Tuning of Quantum Dots
Friday, February 14, 2025
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Negative Refraction of Light Using Atoms Instead of Metamaterials
- Holograms Boost 3D Printing Efficiency and Resolution
- Mirror, Mirror Trap the Light: Measuring Invisible Light Waves Via Electro-Optic Cavities
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- Breast Cancer Treatment Advances With Light-Activated 'smart Bomb'
- When Qubits Learn the Language of Fiberoptics
- Looking Between Cells
- From Photons to Protons: Team Makes Breakthrough in High-Energy Particle Detection
Monday, February 10, 2025
Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Breakthrough in Opto-Magnetic Technology: 5-Fold Increase in Torque Efficiency
- Making an Invisible Electric Wire: Guiding Electricity With Sound
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
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Monday, February 3, 2025
Friday, January 31, 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025
- Pioneering Asymmetric Living Polymerization in Liquid Crystal Reaction Fields
- New Light-Tuned Chemical Tools Control Processes in Living Cells
- Researchers Combine Holograms and AI to Create Uncrackable Optical Encryption System
- Generating Electricity from Tacky Tape
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- New Microscopy Technique Reveals Dynamic Escherichia Coli Membrane Stiffness
- Optical Fiber Sensor Provides Simple and Sensitive Detection of Arsenic in Drinking Water
- Common Plastic Pigment Promotes Depolymerization
Thursday, January 23, 2025
- Terahertz Pulses Induce Chirality in a Non-Chiral Crystal
- Tiny Chip, Big Breakthrough in Spectral Sensing for Everyday Devices
- New Optical Memory Unit Poised to Improve Processing Speed and Efficiency
- By the Numbers: Diarylethene Crystal Orientation Controlled
- Using Infrared Heat Transfer to Modify Chemical Reactions
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Friday, January 17, 2025
Thursday, January 16, 2025
- Quantum Engineers 'squeeze' Laser Frequency Combs to Make More Sensitive Gas Sensors
- Thin Lenses Have a Bright Future
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- A New Optical Memory Platform for Super Fast Calculations
- This Quasar May Have Helped Turn the Lights on for the Universe
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Monday, January 13, 2025
Friday, January 10, 2025
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
- Smart Food Drying Techniques With AI Enhance Product Quality and Efficiency
- Revolutionizing Data Centers: Breakthrough in Photonic Switching
- Developing Printable Droplet Laser Displays
Monday, January 6, 2025
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Monday, December 30, 2024
Friday, December 27, 2024
- Twisted Edison: Bright, Elliptically Polarized Incandescent Light
- Photopharmacology: Using Light to Control Cold Sensors
Friday, December 20, 2024
- Researchers Take 'significant Leap Forward' With Quantum Simulation of Molecular Electron Transfer
- Tiny, Wireless Antennas Use Light to Monitor Cellular Communication
- First Demonstration of Quantum Teleportation Over Busy Internet Cables
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- Physicists Magnetize a Material With Light
- Thorium Film Could Replace Crystals in Atomic Clocks of the Near Future
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- How to Print a Car: High-Performance Multi-Material 3D Printing Techniques
- Significant Advancement Made in Engineering Biology and Clean Energy
- Hyperspectral Imaging Lidar System Achieves Remote Plastic Identification
Monday, December 16, 2024
- Towards Quantitative Point-of-Care Testing With Novel Bioluminescent Immunosensor
- Exploring Excited State Dynamics: Advancements in Fluorescence and Material Design
- Highly Sensitive Transparent Ultrasound Transducer for Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Endoscopy in Live Pigs
Friday, December 13, 2024
Thursday, December 12, 2024
- Bringing the Power of Tabletop Precision Lasers for Quantum Science to the Chip Scale
- Researchers Succeed in Controlling Quantum States in a New Energy Range
- Towards Room-Temperature Superconductivity: Insights Into Optical Properties of Bi-Based Copper-Oxide Superconductors
- Researcher Discovers New Technique for Infrared 'color' Detection and Imaging
- Researchers 3D Print Compact, Low-Cost Vortex Beam Generators
- Researchers Uncover Strong Light-Matter Interactions in Quantum Spin Liquids
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
- Noninvasive Imaging Method Can Penetrate Deeper Into Living Tissue
- A New, More Economical and Sustainable Material Is Designed That Uses Sunlight to Decontaminate the Air
- Milestone 10-GeV Experiment Shines Light on Laser-Plasma Interactions