Liquid crystals, the same phase-shifting materials used to display information on cell phones, monitors and other electronic equipment, can also be used to report in real time on the differentiation ...

Well, it’s likely not an energy solution for single-family homes. But skyscrapers built with these light-collecting windows ...

Cholesteric liquid crystal layers aid in electric generation without loss of clarity, according to Science Daily.

Technically known as a "colorless and unidirectional diffractive-type solar concentrator" (CUSC), the coating directs some ...

Liquid crystals are strange substances—they can flow like a liquid, but have the orderly molecular structure of a crystalline solid. And that internal structure can be changed by small cues from ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Liquid crystals displays (LCDs) are widely used for laptops, smartphones, tablets etc. Typically, an electric field applied across a thin layer of liquid crystals changes their ...

Glass cells filled with liquid crystals respond to light to make the first time crystals visible to the naked eye, even if you’d still get a better view using magnification. Previous time crystals ...

You'd think there's nothing surprising left to discover about water. After all, researchers have been studying its properties for centuries.

Variable focus eyewear is not new. Low cost, fluid filled glasses pioneered by Joshua Silver at Oxford can be tuned by ...

On the move: a time sequence of images showing the motion of a droplet in the liquid crystal. (Courtesy: Hend Baza) Experimental models are vital to the study of human cell migration and division.