Diagnostic imaging Research update Multi-eye-component imaging could help diagnose ocular disease New technique can measure the elasticity of several eye components at the same time Read article: Multi-eye-component imaging could help diagnose ocular disease
Nanomaterials Research update Nanoscale device produces a stream of chiral single photons Streamlined new device could find applications in quantum communication and information processing Read article: Nanoscale device produces a stream of chiral single photons
Optical physics Research update Chiral detection of molecules gets a laser-driven boost A new method rapidly detects the "handedness" of molecules using laser fields that encode chirality in time, not space Read article: Chiral detection of molecules gets a laser-driven boost
Optical physics Research update Light waves made to collide as if they were massive objects Metamaterials known as time interfaces reshape pulses of light Read article: Light waves made to collide as if they were massive objects
Mathematical physics Research update Theorists unearth new link between entanglement and classical mechanics Connecting the wave properties of light to the mechanical properties of point masses could help explain optical phenomena Read article: Theorists unearth new link between entanglement and classical mechanics
Optical physics Research update Daytime polarization patterns point the way to True North New technique makes it possible to locate the north celestial pole without computing the Sun’s position or using navigation aids Read article: Daytime polarization patterns point the way to True North
Optical physics Opinion and reviews Our colourful world: an illustrated journey through the rainbow Michael Banks and his son Henry review Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Sheila Kanani, illustrated by Liz Kay Read article: Our colourful world: an illustrated journey through the rainbow
Optical physics Research update Sound waves break light transmission reciprocity New technique could advance optical communications that encode information in the orbital angular momentum of light Read article: Sound waves break light transmission reciprocity
Optical physics Research update Nanoparticles levitated by light exhibit non-reciprocal interactions Tight control over interactions gives physicists a new platform for exploring collective quantum dynamics Read article: Nanoparticles levitated by light exhibit non-reciprocal interactions
Optical physics Research update Anti-laser enables near-perfect light absorption Researchers create a light trap in which a beam of light prevents itself from escaping Read article: Anti-laser enables near-perfect light absorption
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