Current Headlines

  1. HKU Scientists Unveil Groundbreaking Discovery: Natural Magnetic Materials Control Light In Unprecedented Ways 2/1/2026

    Imagine shining a flashlight into a material and watching the light bend backward – or in an entirely unexpected direction – as if defying the law of physics.

  2. Record-Breaking Photons At Telecom Wavelengths — On Demand 1/30/2026

    A team of researchers of the University of Stuttgart and the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg led by Prof. Stefanie Barz (University of Stuttgart) has demonstrated a source of single photons that combines on-demand operation with record-high photon quality in the telecommunications C-band—a key step toward scalable photonic quantum computation and quantum communication.

  3. Scientists Develop New Crystal, Achieving Breakthrough In Vacuum Ultraviolet Laser Output 1/30/2026

    Scientists have developed a new type of crystal, marking a significant advance in the field of vacuum ultraviolet laser light, according to the Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

  4. New Device Switches Terahertz Pulses Between Electric And Magnetic Skyrmions 1/29/2026

    Researchers have created an optical device that can generate both electric and magnetic vortex-ring-like light patterns.

  5. Focusing And Defocusing Light Without A Lens 1/29/2026

    Applied physicists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated a new way to structure light in custom, repeatable, three-dimensional patterns, all without the use of traditional optical elements like lenses and mirrors.

  6. Light-Based Platform Sets The Stage For Quantum Supercomputers 1/28/2026

    A light has emerged at the end of the tunnel in the long pursuit of developing quantum computers, which are expected to radically reduce the time needed to perform some complex calculations from thousands of years down to a matter of hours.

  7. New Chip-Sized Optical Amplifier Can Intensify Light 100 Times 1/28/2026

    Light does a lot of work in the modern world, enabling all types of information technology from TVs to satellites to fiber-optic cables that carry the internet across oceans.

  8. NTT, DOCOMO, And NTT DATA To Exhibit At MWC Barcelona 2026 1/28/2026

    The NTT Group, comprising NTT, Inc., NTT DOCOMO, INC., and NTT DATA Group Corporation, announced today that they will jointly exhibit at MWC Barcelona 2026, the world’s largest connectivity event, to be held in Barcelona, Spain, from March 2 to March 5, 2026.

  9. Monash Scientists Create Ultra Thin Metal With Never Before Seen Quantum Behaviour 1/28/2026

    A team of researchers at Monash University has uncovered a powerful new way to engineer exotic quantum states, revealing a robust and tunable three‑dimensional flat electronic band in an ultrathin kagome metal, an achievement long thought to be nearly impossible.

  10. La Luce Cristallina Launches CMOS-Compatible Oxide Pseudo-Substrate, Enhancing Scalability For Silicon Photonics And Advanced Electronics 1/27/2026

    La Luce Cristallina today announced it has launched its new CMOS-compatible oxide pseudo-substrate, enabling high-quality, epitaxial strontium titanate (SrTiO₃) films to be grown directly on 200-mm silicon and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers.