A landmark result five years ago showed that optogenetic therapy had partially restored the sight of a single patient with an ...

Researchers leverage the versatility of liquid crystals to enable the dynamic modulation of a nonlinear platform.

Scientists in Europe have demonstrated experimentally how a continuous-wave source of entangled states can be used to discretely entangle two distant quantum bits (qubits) without the complex control ...

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognizes work at the crossroads of biology, genetics and optics and photonics. Their work laid the foundation for the field of optogenetics, a method ...

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA, have developed a scalable digital-optical processor that accurately detects deepfake videos when analyzing 15 or more video ...

Scientists in the United States and New Zealand have shown how a new type of frequency comb based on dual pump lasers has the potential to finally transform comb technology from a niche scientific ...

Mental health has long been a concern for early-career researchers, broadly defined as Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows, but the reach and severity of this problem have remained unclear. A new ...

At sunset, this cumulus cloud lit up like a giant jack-o’-lantern in the sky. Rayleigh scattering enriched the horizon with deep reds and oranges, while Mie scattering within the cloud’s droplets ...

In the technological rivalry to make the best see-through glasses for augmented reality (AR), a key battleground is improving field of view (FOV). The German specialty glass manufacturer Schott has ...

Much of this feature is based on research by the author for J. Hecht, City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics (Oxford, 1999). Here are some additional references of interest touched on in the story.

The entries—and winners—of our yearly bid for the best optics images ...

Integrated electronics reorganized the 20 th century. By learning to pattern and control the flow of electrons on a chip, the integrated circuit put billions—now trillions—of transistors onto a sliver ...