Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a new kind of vacuum ultraviolet laser that is 100 to 1,000 times more efficient ...

Physicists have demonstrated a new kind of vacuum ultraviolet laser that is 100 to 1,000 times more efficient than existing technologies of its kind. (Nanowerk News) The researchers at CU Boulder say ...

This review outlines the potential of smart microscopy to transform biological imaging through adaptive systems that optimize data collection and image quality.

Controlling light with light is a long-sought goal for computing and communication technologies. Achieving this capability would allow optical signals to be processed without converting them into ...

The researchers at Tuskegee University, Alabama, reported their work in the Journal of Nanophotonics, confirming that they developed a photonic crystal light sail designed to address these limitations ...

Blue light, a sheet of filter paper, and a stubborn class of industrial chemicals do not sound like much of a match. Yet that ...

Despite warnings that Australia will not hit its renewable energy target, the May federal budget will have no new cash for wind and solar farms.

Scientists have successfully tested a material design for light sails using photonic crystals that could achieve 20% the speed of light ...

A new leaf imaging system lets scientists watch plant stomata control water loss and carbon uptake in real time.

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Most space missions rely on chemical rockets for propulsion. Rockets must carry fuel, which increases spacecraft mass and limits their speed and ...

Abstract: Light field technology has increasingly attracted the attention of the research community with its many possible applications. The lenslet array in commercial plenoptic cameras helps capture ...