A team of U.S. scientists announced a technique for changing and updating three-dimensional holographic images, an innovation that could one day lead to virtual surgery and other useful applications.

Optical illusions are like little tricks your brain plays on you, and they never fail to leave you scratching your head. Some ...

The Scientist's content tagged with: Optical Illusion.Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos Scientists have discovered that a lack of iron in pregnant mice can alter the ...

Shortly after the invention of the laser, Bell Labs physicist Arthur Ashkin began exploring the range of the new devices. Could the force of light in the beam move an object, much as a finger pushes a ...

Scientists from China and the United States have created "bendy" and "super clear" ice fibers, offering an optional material for making optical fibers, according to The Xinhua News Agency reports.

News Release 23-Oct-2007 Optical scientist honored for understanding and improving vision Grant and Award Announcement University of Rochester ...

Israeli scientists have passed light waves through a material 1,000 times thinner than fiber optics, in an advance they say could pave the way for new technologies. “One thing that is limiting ...

Share In Depth › Meet a Scientist Ben Eggleton, optical physicist Imagine a device that could ramp up internet speeds a thousand times faster than today's networks. Ben Eggleton and his team are ...

The second, according to the Scientific American article, would be to fill hollow optical fibers with a gas such as Xenon, thereby reducing laser-power requirements and increasing phonon lifespan.