Optics

Innovations Scientists make first-ever measurement of quantum uncertainty in real-time

Scientists control and measure quantum uncertainty in real time using ultrafast squeezed light pulses for petahertz communication.

Innovations Quantum security breakthrough reshapes the way sensitive data is protected

Global Good Revolutionary camera snaps pictures of invisible objects at 1 trillion frames per second

Innovations New optical atomic clock is 1,000x more accurate than today’s standard

AI Holograms and AI create an uncrackable optical encryption system

Discoveries Researchers discover that laser light can cast a shadow

Discoveries 13-year-old built a functional ‘death ray’ using a 2,000-year-old concept from Archimedes

Discoveries Scientists built the world’s first laser-powered tractor beam

Discoveries Scientists just built an actual working tractor beam

Discoveries Tiny motors take a big step forward

Discoveries Sapphire fibre could enable cleaner energy and air-travel

Discoveries Breakthrough in separating plastic waste: Machines can now distinguish 12 different types of plastic

Discoveries Robotic third eye helps wearers to navigate the world

Discoveries Tiny 5D optical disc stores 500TB of data for billions of years

Innovations New Technology Makes It Possible to See Clearly Through Murky Water

Innovations New LED innovation will enable refrigerators to identify food that is spoiling

Innovations Mark Zuckerberg just confirmed Facebook will release its long-awaited AR smart glasses