A new crystal-based detector could soon change how doctors see inside the body. Developed by scientists in the U.S. and China, the device captures gamma rays with unprecedented clarity, promising faster, safer, and more affordable…
Researchers use laser light to form a tiny “optical pinhole” inside a nonlinear crystal, which also turns the infrared image into a visible image that a traditional silicon-based camera sensor can detect. With this setup,…
Researchers have developed a layered metalens design that can focus multiple colors at once, breaking through fundamental limits of single-layer lenses. Credit: 10.1364/OE.564328 Engineers created multi-layer metalenses that focus several wavelengths. The design could revolutionize…
Scientists at the University of St Andrews have unveiled a breakthrough that could change the future of holographic displays. Credit: Shutterstock Researchers combined OLEDs with metasurfaces to project holograms. The method enables simpler, cheaper, and…
A new semiconductor chip fabricates miniature lenses on the chip to perform calculations using light instead of electricity, greatly increasing the power efficiency and reducing the computational run time of common AI tasks. Credit: Hangbo…
Researchers in Australia have created a new kind of water-based “flow battery” that could transform how households store rooftop solar energy. Credit: Stock Monash scientists designed a fast, safe liquid battery for home solar. The…
SeaSplat produces true color images of underwater scene, as captured by MIT team’s underwater robot. The original photo is in the left, and the color-corrected version made with SeaSplat is on the right. Credit: Courtesy…
An image of a perovskite silicon tandem solar cell made by the researchers. Credit: King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) Researchers have unlocked a new method of passivating perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells, achieving…
Scientists at the University of Duisburg-Essen have developed Datavzrd, an open-source tool that transforms complex tables into interactive, easy-to-use reports. This breakthrough promises to make massive datasets clearer and more accessible across scientific disciplines. Credit:…
Scientists have built a physics-inspired computing system that uses oscillators, rather than digital processing, to solve complex optimization problems. Their prototype runs at room temperature and promises faster, low-power performance. Credit: Shutterstock Experimental device harnesses…
