(Nanowerk News) To design and improve energy storage materials, smart devices, and many more technologies, researchers need to understand their hidden structure and chemistry. Advanced research ...

Researchers have shown that consumer-grade 3D printers and low-cost materials can be used to produce multi-element optical ...

A project at the University of Strathclyde has now shown that consumer-grade 3D printers and low-cost materials can be used to produce multi-element optical components that enable super-resolution ...

[The Thought Emporium] has been fascinated by holograms for a long time, and in all sorts of different ways. His ultimate goal right now is to work up to creating holograms using chocolate, but along ...

The spectrum of laser technologies available to hackers has gradually widened from basic gas lasers through CO2 tubes, diode lasers, and now fiber lasers. One of the newer entries is the MOPA laser, ...

An object behind a glass of water appears distorted because the water deflects the incident rays of light. Such a "lens effect" is also caused by gravitational fields: light moving through the ...

DigiLens, of Sunnyvale, California, US, has developed a liquid crystal-based lens that provides customized diffraction gratings depending on which of its layers are 'switched on'. The application ...

Researchers have shown that consumer-grade 3D printers and low-cost materials can be used to produce multi-element optical components ...