A new look for bifocals
Optical scientists develop spectacles that can change focus
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Surface plasmons squeeze light
A new class of waveguide could overcome one of the biggest obstacles to photonic circuits
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Fluid lenses feel the pressure
Physicists develop a variable-focus lens that would be ideal for mobile-phone cameras and other devices
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Matter bound by light
Scientists have made "optical matter" arrays
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Crystals light up
Physicists have found a new source of coherent light
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New look for nanodetection
Physicists develop technique to detect individual nano-sized particles in real time
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Ferromagnets and superconductors make negative-index materials
Physicists have discovered a new type of negative-refractive-index material
Exotic materials and pulsars win European prize
Researchers studying "left-handed" materials and pulsars are awarded shares of the €1m Descartes Prize
Optical devices get fishy
Fish waste has attractive optical properties
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Nanotubes beam out bright light
New technique is more efficient than normal electron-hole recombination route
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