Engineers are turning what used to be a bulky optics bench into something that fits on the tip of a finger, and the latest ...

WiFi is embedded in our lives today. The term originated about four decades ago (as a marketing ploy, designed to rhyme with the term “Hi-Fi”) and has revolutionized personal communications, internet ...

Lasers are known for the monochromatic nature of their light, so much so that you might never have thought there could be such a thing as a white laser. But in the weird world of physics, a lot of ...

There’s something magical about a laser light show. Watching that intense beam of light flit back and forth to make shapes and patterns, some of them even animated, is pretty neat. It leaves those of ...

Researchers have found that under certain conditions, a laser beam can act like an opaque object and cast a shadow, opening new possibilities for technologies that could use a laser beam to control ...

Researchers at the University of Sydney have cracked a long-standing problem in microchip-scale lasers by carving tiny "speed ...

Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a new approach to applying thermodynamics to microscopic quantum ...

During your teenage years it’s acne. Later in life it’s moles and growths. We’re talking skin conditions that make you head straight to the dermatologist. Rosacea—a skin condition characterized by ...