Imaging science Ph.D. student Muhammad Akif Qadeer awarded Optica Foundation scholarship for his work in developing ultrafast ...

A team of physicists from the University of Ottawa have developed a new theoretical model that shines new light on how ...

Joint research demonstrating the ability to readout superconducting qubits with an optical transducer was published in Nature Physics. Quantum computing has the potential to drive transformative ...

Sunlight, moonlight, torchlight, and flashlight... They all come from different places, but they’re the very same thing: light! It’s what makes it possible for us to see the world around us, so it’s ...

Ray Optics often overwhelms Class 12 students due to formulas and sign conventions. An expert board examiner explains why ...

New experiments are pushing our understanding of light and optics to the limit and are also opening up new areas of physics and novel applications. (Picture credit: Photodisc) Optics has always been ...

BOULDER — Meadowlark Optics Inc., a Frederick photonics firm, recently contributed $70,000 to the University of Colorado’s ...

Abu 'Ali Al-Hasan bin Al-Haytham (965-1040 C.E.) was one of the most eminent physicists, whose contributions to optics and scientific methods are outstanding. Known in the West as Alhazen, Ibn ...

Damaging effects We now live in an increasingly urban world, with cities expanding into megacities that are inflicting terrible damage to the environment. (Courtesy: iStock/Daniel Stein) The world is ...