You can tell a lot about a material based on the type of light shining at it: Optical light illuminates a material's surface, ...

Light can tell you a lot about what matter is doing. Visible light shows a surface. X-rays reveal hidden structure. Infrared ...

By combining two fundamentally different microscopy techniques, researchers can now measure the optical properties of a ...

Physicists have finally built a microscope that can watch superconducting electrons move in real time, and the picture is far ...

According to new research from Rice University, while Edison’s goal was simply to create a longer-lasting electric lamp, the ...

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers unveil Back-Illumination Tomography (BIT), a high-speed microscope that provides unprecedented, real-time views of living tissue to accelerate patient care and ...

A new way of capturing light from atoms could finally unlock ultra-powerful, million-qubit quantum computers. After decades of effort, researchers may finally be closing in on a practical path toward ...

China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has granted regulatory approval for 2 next-generation ophthalmic ...

Light can do more than illuminate a material. In some cases, it can temporarily change how electrons move through it.