optics
Scientists Are Creating 'Synthetic Dimensions' to Probe Limits of 4D Reality
Synthetic dimensions provide a way to mimic higher dimensions within the confines of four-dimensional spacetime.
Lasers Made of 'Spacetime Wave Packets' Are Breaking the Normal Rules of Light
“Turns out, pretty much everything we know in optics is out of the window.”
Scientists Want to Punch Holes in Clouds With Ultra-Hot Lasers from Space
The satellite laser communication revolution is just around the corner, but it has one especially obstinate foe—overcast weather.
Digital Imaging and AI Mean Fewer Surgeries for Breast Cancer Patients
Advances in medical imaging, coupled with artificial intelligence, may obviate the need for additional surgeries.
We Snuck into Tim Tebow's Private Baseball Workout
As it turns out, security was just one illusion amidst a day dedicated to optics.
You Will Never Be Invisible
The sci-fi dream of perfect passive invisibility will forever remain a dream, argue engineers.
'Eternal' Data Storage Is Here
5D memory will ensure that the universe never forgets its short-lived human residents.
Optical Engineers Weld Together Individual Neurons for the First Time
A new tool for making and repairing brains.
Japan's 279 Kilometer T2K Experiment Offers Three Antineutrino Detections
Hunting the ghostly particles that may explain why the universe even exists.
This Prototype Holographic Heads-Up Display Is What Google Glass Should've Been
This headset enables holographic images to be displayed in front of the wearer's field of vision in full colour.