When Darwin Quiroz first started working with optics as an undergraduate, he was developing atomic magnetometers. That ...

CU Boulder researchers pioneer a new fluid-based optical device opening doors to new technologies in microscopy, LiDAR, optical communications and even brain imaging.

The study, published in Optics Express, used a fluid-based scanner built around an electrowetting prism, as an alternative to conventional mechanical components. "Most laser scanners today use ...

Surreal images from a new book, Microcosms, show how confocal microscopy that uses laser scanning creates a super-sharp new ...

Researchers in China have opened a new window into the deep past by blasting dinosaur eggs with a laser, dating them directly for the first time.

Evident announced its sixth annual Image of the Year competition is now open for entries through January 30, 2026. The contest recognizes the best in scientific imaging worldwide-it’s a celebration of ...

According to Alfred Nobel's will, the Nobel Prize in Physics was to go to "the person who shall have made the most important ...

Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) and Photo-Induced Force Microscopy (PiFM) enable comprehensive nanoscale ...

The number and value of cyberattacks on semiconductors is rising, but new approaches to designing and packaging chips could ...