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  1. New Research Shows A Neutrino Laser Is Impossible 9/2/2026

    Neutrinos are the pervasive yet intangible particles that permeate the universe, streaming through whole planets, stars, and our bodies by the trillions each second.

  2. Researchers Use Light To Generate Nanoscale Magnetization 9/2/2026

    Using an engineered metasurface that traps light, Cornell researchers have demonstrated a new way to generate strong static magnetic fields without using external magnets or magnetic materials – an approach that could advance spintronics, quantum and photonic computing, and data storage.

  3. Researchers Film The First Moments On The Way From Light To Electricity 9/1/2026

    Physicists at Forschungszentrum Jülich, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Graz and Marburg University, have achieved a scientific breakthrough. For the first time, the generation of electrical energy from light has been filmed and described theoretically.

  4. Tiny Mirror Controls Light In 3D, Could Make Microscopes Smaller And Faster 8/31/2026

    Researchers use tightly focused laser beams to image biological samples, shape materials with microscopic precision and generate displays.

  5. CollPlant Is Acquiring LightSolver- Enters Supercomputing And Photonic Computing Markets 8/31/2026

    CollPlant Biotechnologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CLGN) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire LightSolver Ltd. ("LightSolver"), an Israeli deep-tech company pioneering a fundamentally new computing architecture based on lasers.

  6. Capturing Fleeting Changes In 'Nanoscale Light'—Femtosecond Nano-Imaging Reveals Ultrafast Optical Control Of Phonon Polariton 8/31/2026

    Hyperbolic phonon polaritons (HPhPs) are hybrid light-matter waves that can confine infrared electromagnetic fields to spatial scales far below the corresponding free-space wavelength.

  7. A Billion Times A Second: ITMO Researchers Create Silicon Film For Superfast Light Control 8/27/2026

    Scientists from ITMO’s Faculty of Physics and Institute of Photonics in collaboration with researchers from Switzerland and China have created a thin film that can switch light with the speed of up to a billion times a second.

  8. Defiance Launches PRAM, The First U.S.-Listed ETF To Combine Memory And Photonics* 8/27/2026

    Defiance ETFs, a leader in thematic and income ETFs, today announced the launch of the Defiance Memory & Photonics ETF (Cboe: PRAM), the first U.S.-listed ETF to combine memory and photonics in a single fund.*

  9. Ghent University Researchers Develop An Ultrafast Component That Both Detects And Emits SWIR Light 8/27/2026

    From helping self-driving vehicles navigate through thick fog to identifying chemical compositions in food or biological samples: short-wave infrared (SWIR) technology enables applications that are not possible with ordinary visible light.

  10. A Surprising Twist In The Quantum World 8/27/2026

    Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, ETH Zurich and the University of Amsterdam have directly observed the optical Magnus effect for the first time.