Quantum light is moving from blackboard equations into engineered hardware, and the shift is starting to redraw the map of advanced technology. By sculpting individual photons in space, time and ...

Material could one day lead to cartilage replacements that build inside a patient's body or door latches that open with flashlights. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he ...

A new optical device allows researchers to generate and switch between two stable, donut-shaped light patterns called skyrmions. These light vortices hold their shape even when disturbed, making them ...

In a new study published in Scientific Reports, JILA Fellow and University of Colorado Boulder physics professor Andreas Becker and his team theorized a new method to produce extreme ultraviolet (EUV) ...

A small strip of rubbery material sits motionless on a lab bench at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. A researcher aims ...

Vision is a complex process that has been successfully deciphered by many disciplines -physics, biochemistry, physiology, neurology, etc.-: The retina captures light, the optic nerve transmits ...