A single gold nanorod, far smaller than a wavelength of visible light, can be coaxed into emitting circularly polarized ...

The direction in which the electromagnetic field of circularly polarized light rotates can be easily reversed by applying a voltage, RIKEN researchers have demonstrated. This could enable a new ...

A single MXene-based optical gate switches between seven Boolean logic functions via voltage, enabling trainable photonic networks for AI tasks. (Nanowerk Spotlight) All-optical logic platforms are ...

Researchers at the Würzburg site of the Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat have succeeded in transferring the topological quantum Hall and spin Hall effects to a hybrid light-matter system by harnessing ...

Perhaps they can take a peek into the infinitesimal world outside with Bubo, a 2-in-1 digital microscope currently on Kickstarter. Designed for ease of use by curious novices and students alike, Bubo ...

Physically magnifying objects using a key moisture-absorbing ingredient in diapers has opened an unprecedented view of the microbial world. When you slip a slide under a microscope, a system of glass ...

When last we saw [xoreaxeax], he had built a lens-less optical microscope that deduced the structure of a sample by recording the diffraction patterns formed by shining a laser beam through it. At the ...

The research team achieved the hybrid spin-orbit coupling-driven optical spin Hall effect at room temperature for the first time through an organic microcavity structure. The device is a Fabry–Perot ...

First experimental observation of matter-wave diffraction in a short-lived electron-positron atom using a graphene-based diffraction grating. (Nanowerk News) One of the discoveries that fundamentally ...

Researchers at Tsinghua University developed the Optical Feature Extraction Engine (OFE2), an optical engine that processes data at 12.5 GHz using light rather than electricity. Its integrated ...

This film uses archival clips and documents to examine the way climate change evolved from nonpartisan topic to divisive issue. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Staples today announced a new partnership with Now Optics, the parent company of Stanton Optical, to launch Stanton Optical locations inside ...