How do photosynthetic organisms harvest light so efficiently? To help answer this question, researchers have developed an ultrafast transient absorption microscope with sensitivity approaching the ...

A material built to tell left-handed light from right-handed light has long had a frustrating weakness. It mostly ignored ...

How do photosynthetic organisms harvest light so efficiently? To help answer this question, researchers have developed an ultrafast transient ...

Under a microscope, a bouquet of lollipop-like structures, each smaller than a grain of sand, waves gently in a Petri dish of ...

Ultraviolet light that fits on a chip 'Sidewall-poled' lithium niobate device paves way for compact UV sources. (Nanowerk News) Ultraviolet light, beyond its natural ...

The combination of cutting‑edge features is fitting for a facility serving multiple fields including microbiology, food ...

This extreme magnification reveals every detail—from compound eyes to hair-like bristles—in shocking clarity.

Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, with collaborators from MIT, Harvard, and Stanford, have experimentally confirmed a 1970s prediction that 'dark points'—optical vortices in ...

We've all been there: a colleague "forgets" to include you on an email, or a friend drops a sarcastic comment that feels like ...

Scientists have developed a new type of semiconductor material that can do something unusual: it can tell the difference ...