For over a century, light has both helped and limited our view of the ...

In a discovery that blurs the line between biology and technology, scientists have found that heart-shaped clams use fiber optic–like structures to channel sunlight through their shells in much the ...

Scientists have unveiled a groundbreaking discovery: a material capable of bending light in unprecedented ways. This advancement opens up possibilities for innovations in optics, including superlenses ...

Polarized light is one of the most powerful tools scientists have for peering inside matter, yet the way it twists, scatters and transforms inside real-world materials has long been treated as a black ...

When it comes to technologies used only by humans, you might think that fiber optics would rank right up there. Such is apparently not the case, however, as scientists have discovered that a certain ...

A research team at Shanghai Jiao Tong University has unveiled Optics GPT, described as the world's first large language model ...

Researchers in Germany have unveiled the Metafiber, a breakthrough device that allows ultra-precise, rapid, and compact control of light focus directly within an optical fiber. Unlike traditional ...

Researchers at Harvard University, working with collaborators at the University of Lisbon, discovered that low-index silica could outperform traditional materials in optical metasurfaces.

Since the first fiber optic cables rolled out in the 1970s, they've become a major part of everything from medical devices to high-speed internet and cable TV. But as it turns out, one group of marine ...

A new multi-layered metalens design has been developed at the Australian National University. This concept could revolutionise portable optics in devices like smartphones, drones, and satellites. This ...

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, is celebrating the inaugural Biophotonics Discovery's Impact of the ...