New research shows how cubic nanostructures made of insulating materials overcome the heating, fabrication and intensity challenges of nanonantenna technology, paving the way for NEMS applic... Read more
“The number of applications of this new technology is vast.” A team of engineers has developed a new acousto-optic device that can shape and steer beams of light at speeds never before... Read more
Australian researchers have developed a new type of DVD technology that can store 212,000 times the amount of data of a standard 4.7GB disc. Australian researchers have developed a new type... Read more
The materials to form bubble lenses are inexpensive, and the bubbles themselves are easy to dissolve, replace and move. Bending light beams to your whim sounds like a job for a wizard or an... Read more
Bringing light to a halt: Physicists at the technical university freeze motion of light for a minute
Efficient information storage by stopped light. Physicists in Darmstadt have been able to stop something that has the greatest possible speed and that never really stops: light. The physicis... Read more
Pico projectors might be able to turn any old surface into a display Pico projectors might be able to turn any old surface into a display – with varying results of course... Read more
In a move that is sure to warm the hearts of those in the upper echelon of the Galactic Empire, researchers have taken tractor beams from the realm of science fiction to the realm of science... Read more