Editor’s Picks

  1. Perfect Image Without Metamaterials -- And A Reprieve For Silicon Chips 10/2/2009
    Since 2000, John Pendry's work on metamaterials has been at the van guard of efforts to create a perfect image – images with perfect resolution that can stem from light being moved in odd directions to create, among other tricks of the light, the illusion of invisibility...
  2. Fianium Introduces High-Energy Ultrafast Fiber Laser Range Enabling Precision Processing Of Diverse, Challenging Materials 7/15/2009
    Ultrafast fiber laser manufacturer Fianium introduces its versatile new FP1060-HE range. FP1060-HE lasers are based on a robust, reliable modelocked fibre laser generating high-energy ultrafast pulses with excellent beam quality and pointing stability in the most challenging of environments.
  3. Novel Technology For Anticancer Drug Delivery On Demand 3/9/2018

    With the goal of minimizing the side effects of chemotherapy on healthy tissues, a team of researchers at the Center for Self-assembly and Complexity, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have developed novel nanocontainers able to deliver anticancer drugs at precise timing and location.

  4. Stanford Researchers Measure Near-Perfect Performance In Low-Cost Semiconductors 3/15/2019

    Tiny, easy-to-produce particles, called quantum dots, may soon take the place of more expensive single crystal semiconductors in advanced electronics found in solar panels, camera sensors and medical imaging tools.

  5. Aeolus Laser Shines Light On Wind 9/5/2018

    Following the launch of Aeolus on 22 August, this extraordinary satellite’s instrument has been turned on and is now emitting pulses of ultraviolet light from its laser, which is fundamental to measuring Earth’s wind. And, this remarkable mission has also already returned a tantalising glimpse of the data it will provide.

  6. Fresnel Optics Teams With USDC for $4.5 Million Screen Contract 3/28/2000
    The U.S. Display Consortium (San Jose, CA) has awarded a joint-funding development contract to Fresnel Optics (Rochester, NY) for the development of imaging screen systems for rear-projection monitors.
  7. A Cavity Leads To A Strong Interaction Between Light And Matter 10/21/2019

    Researchers have succeeded in creating an efficient quantum-mechanical light-matter interface using a microscopic cavity. Within this cavity, a single photon is emitted and absorbed up to 10 times by an artificial atom.

  8. Smart Lasers Could Make Cancer Biopsies Painless, Help Speed New Drugs To Market 1/31/2011
    Biopsies in the future may be painless and noninvasive, thanks to smart laser technology being developed at Michigan State University.
  9. TECHSPEC Compact Instrumentation Imaging Lenses Feature Adjustable Locking Focus 4/27/2012

    Edmund Optics (EO), the premier provider of optical components, introduces new TECHSPEC Compact Instrumentation Imaging Lenses. 

  10. Putting A Quantum Gas Through Its Phases 7/2/2018

    ETH physicists have developed an experimental platform for studying the complex phases of a quantum gas characterized by two order parameters.