For the millions of people living with end‑stage kidney disease, hemodialysis is more than a medical procedure, it is a ...

The device can change color and behavior on demand, technology that could change consumer products like e-readers and smart watches.

Reliably tracking and manipulating the mammalian nervous system in laboratory or clinical settings allows neuroscientists to test their hypotheses, which may in turn lead to new important discoveries.

Schematic of the planar device for producing dark- field speckle patterns. (Image from USTC). Credit: Douguo Zhang et al. Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) have ...

Xingjie Ni, associate professor of electrical engineering at Penn State, and his team recently developed a new device that ...

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

Lithium niobate has emerged as a cornerstone material in advanced photonic technologies, owing to its exceptional electro‐optic coefficients, wide optical transparency and strong nonlinear properties.

Caltech scientists have developed a way to guide light on silicon wafers with low signal loss approaching that of optical ...

A new "lensless" device could help, as it uses light to instantly detect harmful microorganisms. Usually, in order to check drinking water for bacteria, a sample of that water must be cultured in a ...

In the realm of general relativity, black holes are well-known for their ability to trap light and matter by bending spacetime, creating a point of no return. While black holes have fascinated ...

A key problem facing artificial intelligence (AI) development is the vast amount of energy the technology requires, with some ...

In the realm of general relativity, black holes are well-known for their ability to trap light and matter by bending spacetime, creating a point of no return. While black holes have fascinated ...