Nonlinear optics could hold the key to efficient, quantum-secure data transmission, but not everyone is persuaded
Read article: New protocol transmits quantum information in complex states of light
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
Streamlined new device could find applications in quantum communication and information processing
Read article: Nanoscale device produces a stream of chiral single photons
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
Metamaterials known as time interfaces reshape pulses of light
Read article: Light waves made to collide as if they were massive objects
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
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
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
New technique could advance optical communications that encode information in the orbital angular momentum of light
Read article: Sound waves break light transmission reciprocity
Tight control over interactions gives physicists a new platform for exploring collective quantum dynamics
Read article: Nanoparticles levitated by light exhibit non-reciprocal interactions
