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Stewart Wills | 04 December 2018
French scientists demonstrate how a combination of Wi-Fi, metasurfaces and a little chaos can allow an ordinary room to serve as a cavity performing analog wave computation. read more
Stewart Wills | 29 November 2018
Researchers use jets of helium and argon to create refractive optics for extreme-ultraviolet radiation. read more
Patricia Daukantas | 28 November 2018
A chip-based device with continuous steering capability could be a more durable alternative to mechanical gimbal-style laser scanners. read more
Stewart Wills | 21 November 2018
Coating genetically engineered baker’s yeast with light-harvesting InP nanoparticles can dramatically ramp up the organism’s production of commercially relevant chemicals. read more
Sarah Michaud | 19 November 2018
Upconversion nanoparticles, made stable and biocompatible with ultraviolet radiation, could function as probes that travel through the body undetected by the immune system. read more
Alison Taylor | 16 November 2018
Noise reduction enables transmission of quantum keys over 421 km at fastest data rate. read more
Patricia Daukantas | 15 November 2018
Near-term laser technology may be capable of emitting a signal detectable from as far as 20,000 light-years away—strong enough, in principle, to be noticed by alien life. read more
Stewart Wills | 14 November 2018
Planned acquisition of Finisar by II-VI could create world’s largest publicly traded photonics firm. read more
Molly Moser | 12 November 2018
The geometry of gecko ears inspired researchers to create tiny photodetecting pixels that are capable of measuring both the intensity and the incident angle of light. read more
Stewart Wills | 08 November 2018
Australia–Israel group describes system that can protect photon pairs’ delicate quantum states from material defects and disorder, a potential boon to quantum applications. read more