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New Method can Automatically Produce Clear Images Through Murky Water

Researchers have developed a new method that can automatically produce clear images through murky water.

17 Sep 2021

Researchers to Build an Optical Sensor for Decoding Skyrmion Swirl's Direction

A team of researchers at Aarhus University has received DKK 2.8 million from Independent Research Fund Denmark, IRFD, to develop an optical sensor to decode the direction of a skyrmion swirl: Incredibly small, stable swirls in magnetic materials created by electrons rotating around themselves.

15 Sep 2021

Researchers Uncover New Approaches to Manipulating Light Absorption in Optical Resonators

Natural and manmade physical structures all lose energy, and scientists work hard to eliminate that loss or compensate for it. Optical and photonic devices lose energy through light scattering, radiation or material absorption.

13 Sep 2021

Reprogrammable Optical Metasurfaces for Achieving Nanoscale Light Control

Researchers have designed electromechanically reconfigurable ultrathin optical elements that can be controlled and programmed on a pixel-by-pixel level.

13 Sep 2021

Revolutionary Center to Receive NSF Funding for Optoelectronic, Quantum Technologies

The National Science Foundation has announced it will fund a new endeavor to bring atomic-level precision to the devices and technologies that underpin much of modern life, and will transform fields like information technology in the decades to come.

13 Sep 2021

Discovery Could Enable New Possibilities for Light-Powered Battery and Fuel Cell Design

Automotive and other industries are hard at work improving the performance of rechargeable batteries and fuel cells. Now, researchers from Japan have made a discovery that will enable new possibilities for future environmental stability in this line of work.

9 Sep 2021