Flashes of femtosecond laser light, lasting just a few trillionths of a second, have made it possible to observe new magnetic ...

Approximately 75% of marine organisms are bioluminescent, with specialized light-emitting organs called photophores. They use ...

Photonic devices are hardware systems that can process information using light instead of electricity. These systems could ...

Samsung Heavy Industries SHI selected Light Structures AS, a supplier of fiber optic condition monitoring systems for maritime applications, to deliver comprehensive ice load monitoring systems for 10 ...

Light usually travels in straight lines, but what if it could twist, spiral, and behave like a miniature tornado? Scientists have now made this possible by creating optical tornadoes (also called ...

Norway’s Light Structures has launched a virtual structural health monitoring system designed to help shipowners comply with classification requirements without the use of onboard sensors.The new ...

The next breakthrough in medical implants could come from a terrifying, needle-fanged fish lurking ...

Almost a decade ago, Harvard engineers unveiled the world's first visible-spectrum metasurfaces—ultra-thin, flat devices patterned with nanoscale structures that could precisely control the behavior ...

Permanent lighting structures will replace the current temporary lighting in the off-campus area, according to a Thursday safety update from University President Kristina M. Johnson. The permanent ...