Augmented reality (AR) is not just the future but it is also the here and now and this technology has come a long way since ...

Researchers have created a special flat lens that shapes light into an optical needle—a thin beam that stays tightly focused ...

Fraunhofer ILT in Aachen has developed a highly complex laser-optical system for a quantum computer currently under construction at the 5th Institute of Physics at the University of Stuttgart. This ...

A newly developed material can control and "program" heat, allowing it to direct thermal radiation, switch modes, and ...

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Working for months with staff members in the Department of Physics, a group of students and faculty from Brown and RISD ...

Sustainable diamonds give buyers more flexibility to balance carat size, cut, and custom settings while building fine jewelry collections that last.

Optical techniques are methods that use light to probe or control matter. One prominent example is optical spectroscopy, which includes such methods as pump–probe spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and ...

Optical materials and structures are substances used to manipulate the flow of light. This can include reflecting, absorbing, focusing or splitting an optical beam. The efficiency of a specific ...

The expanded museum is promoting its longtime artistic director, Massimiliano Gioni, to help rebuild attendance after a two-year closure while retaining its avant-garde character. By Jason Farago ...

The DJI Osmo Pocket 4P is a curious little device, coming in hot not three months after its main series sibling.

June 5, 2026 • David Gilkey, an NPR photojournalist who documented tragedy and hope, was killed in Afghanistan in 2016 along with NPR's Afghan interpreter and fellow journalist Zabihullah Tamanna.