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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

As Flagstaff marks 25 years as the world’s first International Dark Sky City, scientists, lighting designers and dark-sky advocates are showing how better optics can help reverse the spread of ...