Optical physics Research update Holographic video comes up to speed The highest frame rate yet for dynamic holograms Read article: Holographic video comes up to speed
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Physicists craft Luneburg lens from silicon New device could benefit optical communications Read article: Physicists craft Luneburg lens from silicon
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Single molecules probe tiny hotspots Super-resolution microscope sees structures as small as 15 nm Read article: Single molecules probe tiny hotspots
Soft matter and liquids Research update Cylinders of silence cloak in 2D New acoustic metamaterial could hide objects from sonar Read article: Cylinders of silence cloak in 2D
Optical physics Research update Invisibility cloaks shield the large and visible Carpet cloak could hide cables on the seabed Read article: Invisibility cloaks shield the large and visible
Optical physics Research update How to walk through walls Illusion optics creates invisible gateway Read article: How to walk through walls
Optical physics Research update Space–time invisibility cloak could ‘edit history’ Device would enable object to move while appearing to stay still Read article: Space–time invisibility cloak could ‘edit history’
Optical physics Research update ‘Super-twisted’ light swirls into view Highly polarized light could be used to study biological molecules Read article: ‘Super-twisted’ light swirls into view
Optical physics Research update Flexible metamaterial springs to life New material could be used in tiny 'invisibility cloaks' Read article: Flexible metamaterial springs to life
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Topological insulators could help define fundamental constants Fine-structure constant could emerge from light scattering Read article: Topological insulators could help define fundamental constants
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