Researchers at Princeton and North Carolina State University have developed a technique that substantially improves the ...

An unexpected discovery in a Harvard lab has led to a breakthrough insight into choosing an unconventional material, silica, ...

Light can be sculpted into countless shapes. Yet building optical devices that can simultaneously manipulate many different ...

In a discovery that blurs the line between biology and technology, scientists have found that heart-shaped clams use fiber optic–like structures to channel sunlight through their shells in much the ...

Tiny 3D-printed “light cages” are giving researchers a new way to catch and hold individual particles of light on a chip, a ...

Nano-optics, by bridging the gap between classical optics and nanotechnology, explores light at dimensions smaller than its wavelength. It leverages phenomena like plasmonics, near-field optics, and ...

Follow along as Machine Design interviews John Ellis, an entrepreneur, inventor and founder of Massachusetts-based engineering consulting firm Optics for Hire. The Optics for Hire team—a group of ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WEAR) — It's a way to make the area more appealing for future businesses. You may not think about it very much, but many industries rely on fiber optic cables to run daily operations.