Researchers at the Würzburg site of the Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat have succeeded in transferring the topological quantum Hall and spin Hall effects to a hybrid light-matter system by harnessing ...

Across the world, there are naturally occurring optical illusions that captivate spectators. Cloud formations can sometimes make it seem like there's an ocean or a UFO in the sky. Whether it is salt ...

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have used a classic optical phenomenon known as the Poisson spot to create stable patterns of light called optical skyrmions, ...

A unique quantum effect in biology could be the key to understanding a common marker of Alzheimer's, raising questions about current assumptions of the disease and informing the search for a cure.

Metasurfaces are ultra-thin assemblies of subwavelength structures engineered to manipulate light at the nanoscale. When designed from materials with strong optical nonlinearity, these planar ...

Roughly every 15 years, Earth passes through the plane of Saturn’s rings, causing them to nearly disappear from view — not to mention generating a variety of other interesting phenomena. The next such ...

Excitons are being explored in materials science and information technology as a means of storing light. These luminous quasiparticles move through individual layers of quantum materials and can ...

Bengaluru witnessed a striking 22-degree sun halo around noon, with a bright ring appearing around the sun. The optical ...

The science behind natural optical phenomena—colors in the sky, rainbows, halos, coronas, iridescence, glories, glitter patterns and auroras—will be the topic of a free talk at Rochester Institute of ...

Researchers have developed a new optical computing material from photon avalanching nanoparticles. A research team co-led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Columbia University, ...

Magneto-optical phenomena in X-ray and neutron scattering encompass a suite of techniques that exploit the interaction between electromagnetic radiation or neutron beams and the magnetic structure of ...

Optical illusions occur naturally in different habitats and conditions across the world. Cloud formations can sometimes make it seem like there's an ocean or a UFO in the sky. Whether it is salt flats ...