Researchers from the Southern University of Science and Technology, reporting on November 28, 2025, in Microsystems & Nanoengineering, describe a new optoelectrowetting-based droplet dispensing system ...

Scientists at Yokohama National University, in collaboration with RIKEN and other institutions in Japan and Korea, have made ...

A new optical device allows researchers to generate and switch between two stable, donut-shaped light patterns called ...

Imagine shining a flashlight into a material and watching the light bend backward—or in an entirely unexpected direction—as ...

From precision machining to advanced microscopy, the demand for higher-power, ultrafast lasers continues to grow. Traditionally, researchers have relied on single-mode fibers to build these lasers, ...

The invention of tiny devices capable of precisely controlling the direction and behavior of light is essential to the ...

Scientists have generated ultra-stable, donut-shaped light structures called skyrmions. These innovative beams can carry data ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Manipulating light at dimensions smaller than its wavelength, a scale known as the subdiffractional scale, is a critical capability in various fields such as imaging, optical ...

Using light to control protein behavior allows unparalleled spatial and temporal specificity, and "Cells don't know what hit them until the light comes on," Hahn said. Using the technique, Hahn and ...

On the left is an illustration of the experimental setup from this study. Molybdenum diselenide nanodots, represented by red triangles, are embedded in tungsten diselenide and encapsulated by ...

An international team led by researchers at Penn State and Université Paris-Saclay has gained precise control over light emitted from nanoscale sources embedded in two-dimensional (2D) materials. This ...