optics.org research channel

Moore and more progress in electronics and photonics

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMT

Meyya Meyyappan of the NASA Ames Research Center picks out some of his favourite papers from Nanotechnology as the journal celebrates its 20th volume

Light rotates nanorotors

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:38:19 GMT

Result paves the way for measuring torques on molecules with high sensitivity

'Mini lasers' illuminate dark molecules

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:40:37 GMT

Stimulated emission microscopy sheds new light on biological samples.

Optical simulator is all about vision

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:06:47 GMT

Optometrists could benefit from a liquid-crystal device that corrects vision in both eyes simultaneously.

Microwaves live on the edge

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:12:31 GMT

Eliminating backscatter could boost optical communications

Optics pioneers scoop Nobel prize

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:55:21 GMT

Trio share SEK10m prize for their work on fibre optics and charge-coupled devices

Constricting light packs in more data

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:38:15 GMT

A telescope that compresses light could speed up optical communication systems.

Fisheye gives new route to perfect images

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:54:59 GMT

UK physicist sheds light on Maxwell's 150 year-old design

Colour printing takes a cue from nature

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:54:15 GMT

A scalable method of structural colour printing could find applications in forgery protection and the design of advanced materials.

Golden nanotubes show super contrast

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:29:26 GMT

Carbon nanotubes coated in gold show excellent photoacoustic and photothermal responses for in vivo medical imaging.