Researchers from Madrid explain a phenomenon that allows the direction of light emission to be controlled at the atomic scale ...

Thanks to the diffraction limit, scientists could use the light microscope to see cells but not the proteins inside them or a ...

Researchers analyze the picoantenna-like directional behaviour of tunnel junctions formed by surface defects at the atomic ...

Your GP shines a light in your eyes, orders a blood test and requests some medical imaging. All rely on light to help ...

In many cases, doctors need quick answers. Point-of-care diagnostics, which include on-the-spot tests, allow doctors to get ...

These colour changes can't be detected with the naked eye. However, a light beam from an instrument called a spectrometer can ...

Huan Zhao has wanted to learn about the world around him for as long as he can remember. Now, his work helps push the limits ...

Its configuration is a motorised zoom with a coaxial light and a motorised focusing stage ... Pixelink, part of Navitar since 2017, manufactures, optimises and integrates industrial cameras for ...

Optical physics is the study of the fundamental properties of light and its interaction with matter. This includes classical optical phenomena such as reflection, refraction, diffraction and ...

With the use of novel surgical microscopes combined with 3D glasses and a large screen ... These lenses utilize a specialized ...

There’s just something about the “pew-pew” factor that makes projecting a laser beam fun, even if it’s not the safest thing to do, or the most efficient way to the light from one place to ...