Read article: Optical vortices show their true colours Optical physics Research update Optical vortices show their true colours Experiments confirm that dark light is made of different colours
Optical physics Research update Displays scoop Descartes prize Two teams share this year's €1m Descartes prize
Optical physics Research update Negative-index materials made easy Single crystal demonstrates negative refraction
Optical physics Research update Hollow fibre carries megawatt pulses Optical physicists have made a photonic-band gap fibre that can transmit megawatt pulses
Read article: Bose-Einstein condensates break temperature record Optical physics Research update Bose-Einstein condensates break temperature record Physicists have cooled a gas of sodium atoms down to less than a nanokelvin
Quantum optics Research update Squeezed light breaks quantum barrier Physicists have made an ultra-precise laser pointer with squeezed beams of light
Quantum optics Research update Fast and slow light made easy Superluminal light has been now been observed in a crystal at room temperature
Read article: Micromachines made easy Semiconductors and electronics Research update Micromachines made easy Scientists have demonstrated a new microfabrication technique by making a micro pinball table
Read article: Renaissance pottery comes under the microscope Optical physics Research update Renaissance pottery comes under the microscope Italian physicists have found similarities between 500-year-old ceramics and modern metal-glass composites
Read article: Transistors go transparent Semiconductors and electronics Research update Transistors go transparent Japanese researchers have made the fastest transparent transistor ever
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