Editor’s Picks

  1. Generating Mobius Strips Of Light 1/29/2015

    A collaboration between researchers from Canada, Europe, and the United States has experimentally produced Möbius strips from the polarization of light, confirming a theoretical prediction that it is possible for light’s electromagnetic field to assume this peculiar shape.

  2. Physicists Discover New Way Of Resonance Tuning For Nonlinear Optics 11/14/2018

    A research team from ITMO University and the Australian National University has discovered that different metasurfaces exhibit the same behavior provided a symmetry breaking is introduced to their unit cells (“meta-atoms”).

  3. Crossed Roller Stages Offer High Performance In A Low Profile Package 4/20/2016

    Siskiyou offers a new series of crossed roller bearing linear stages that are the thinnest currently available on the market.  The 50.5cr stages are the ideal choice for space or weight constrained applications which still require the high stability, precise movement and relatively high load capacity characteristic of crossed roller bearings.  In addition, these stages feature a non-influencing foil lock mechanism; this is a screw that tightens down to clamp the stage in a fixed position, without changing its existing position.

  4. First Signs Of Weird Quantum Property Of Empty Space? 11/30/2016

    By studying the light emitted from an extraordinarily dense and strongly magnetised neutron star using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers may have found the first observational indications of a strange quantum effect, first predicted in the 1930s.

  5. Boeing Announces Projection Of 1st Photoelectron Beam From Navy's Superconducting Injector 7/21/2010
    Boeing recently announced the successful projection of a photoelectron beam from a superconducting injector being developed by Boeing and Niowave Inc. as part of a research-and-development effort related to Boeing's Free Electron Laser (FEL) program for the U.S. Navy.
  6. Brain Cancer-Detecting Innovation By CCNY Researchers Receives Two U.S. Patents 11/5/2019

    Demonstration of the Resonance Raman technique developed by Robert Alfano's research group at CCNY to better detect brain cancers.

  7. A Simple Soak For A Solar Tune-Up 11/12/2017

    The performance of solar cells that consist of semiconductor nanoparticles surrounded by ligand molecules is now easier to control. Researchers from KAUST have developed a method that enhances the ability of these colloidal quantum dot (CQD) solar cells to convert the sun’s energy into electricity by altering the surface chemistry of their functional layers in a noninvasive way.

  8. Psst! A Whispering Gallery For Light Boosts Solar Cells 4/13/2018

    Trapping light with an optical version of a whispering gallery, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a nanoscale coating for solar cells that enables them to absorb about 20 percent more sunlight than uncoated devices.

  9. Generating High Quality Images From Demanding Applications 8/28/2008
    Resolve Optics Ltd. has announced its presence at the forthcoming Photonex 2008 and VISION 2008 exhibitions. Over the last 20 years, Resolve Optics Ltd. has established a strong international reputation for its ability to reliably design and supply innovative custom lens and lens systems that generate high-quality images from even the most demanding applications
  10. Australian Innovators In Solar World First 2/16/2012
    A team of researchers from Swinburne University of Technology and Suntech Power Holdings have developed the world's most efficient broadband nanoplasmonic solar cells.