It’s all to do with the raindrops, says one reader, with them needing to be relatively uniform in size and well separated for ...

On October 21, 2025, scientists revealed a groundbreaking discovery in the realm of quantum physics: a hidden quantum trick ...

Researchers have for the first time created a reconfigurable polariton 2D quasicrystal. The team from the Skolkovo Institute ...

Researchers create a photochromic fluorescent system that performs optical neural computing and visual output in one step, ...

The spectrum of laser technologies available to hackers has gradually widened from basic gas lasers through CO2 tubes, diode ...

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They can move in steps that are a fraction of a wavelength of light, or about 1/10,000th the diameter of a human hair,” explained Lee Feinberg, optical telescope element manager of the NASA James Webb ...

In a recent article published in the journal Engineering, researchers presented a comprehensive review of the fast-growing ...

Instead of relying on switches or digital control, the light finds its own path through the system. This approach could transform data transmission, computing, and communications by making optical ...

A team of scientists has found a way to slow energy leaks that have impeded the use of tiny nanocrystals in light-driven ...