Optical tweezers, first demonstrated in the 1980s and awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics, use highly focused beams of ...

Scientists were able to use the data from a fiber optic cable and a sensitive measuring device to “image” the Mendocino earthquake – determining the magnitude, location and length of the rupture.

Cold atom experiments trap atoms to probe quantum effects, enabling ultra-precise sensing, timekeeping, and monitoring of ...

An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where our perception of an image differs from objective reality. This image is ...

This is due to a phenomenon called the Parallax Error - and it happens with every club in your golf bag, even your putter! In this video we explain how it works, and what you can do to aim correctly ...

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...

From the cognitive to the physiological, optical illusions are typically caused by our brain misinterpreting information, ...

Understanding diffraction and dispersion is key to optical science, influencing technologies like spectroscopy, fiber optics, ...

The AR glasses optical waveguide system consists of a display and an optical lens that uses TIR principles to transport light ...

OS 26's new Liquid Glass interface has been criticized for making some content illegible in certain circumstances, and now ...

There are three main types of optical illusion: literal, cognitive, and physiological. Literal illusions are the result of combining smaller images to create one larger image. These are often created ...