Researchers used their new technique to fold a glass bar (a), create an optical resonator (b) to achieve helical bending (c) and to create a table with a parabolic reflector (middle, lower row).

Nudibranchs are often referred to as the butterflies of the sea. Nudibranchs live worldwide, primarily in warm, shallow marine regions, and stand out for their flamboyant colors and diverse shapes. A ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The vibrant blue of a morpho butterfly's wings doesn't come from pigments but from light interacting with microscopic structures on its surface. This phenomenon – structural color ...

With the end of Moore’s Law rapidly approaching—some say it’s already here—new applications of older technologies are gaining attention. One specific area of interest is photonics. The National Center ...

Can light behave like a whirlwind? It turns out it can—and such "optical tornadoes" have now been created in an extremely small structure by scientists from the Faculty of Physics at the University of ...

Photonics is critical to AI, with data centers the primary driver of business in 2026. The vast amounts of data require ...

Medical imaging has always been a race against time: delivering accurate diagnosis to patients with the speed modern healthcare demands. Traditionally, that meant large, immobile ultrasound machines ...

Photonics is rapidly becoming a key technology for AI in the datacentre to significantly reduce the power consumption of AI ...