Optics
Researchers provide a blueprint for a tiny device that can control the direction of light.
Unique microscopic structures make the feathers so black they look like a hole in space around the colored patches.
Using tools from many scientific disciplines, researchers gain detailed insights into how the many-eyed mollusk sees its watery home.
New technology using a one-color laser may drive future generation of high-tech hearing aids.
How light and art work together to brighten, and better, our world.
Interior designers are turning to experiments, using psychology and physics to come up with the best spaces for health -- and productivity.
A corrective quartz plate could improve the focus of enormous X-ray generating machines.
A new handheld device makes eye exams accessible for billions of people who need it most.
The Golden web spider could help microscope users evade a basic law of physics.
The technology could be used to improve virtual reality experiences and keep counterfeiters at bay.