Programmable optical particle transport based on structured light plays a crucial role in microscale manipulation. Scientists ...

Residents in Jonggol, Indonesia, were left stunned after vibrant “rainbow clouds” lit up the sky in videos that quickly went ...

Before trinitite, the only known naturally formed quasicrystal came from meteorite fragments, likely produced during a ...

Rare atmospheric display captivates viewers with unusual colors and fleeting formation.

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Scientists have revealed something within a trinitite crystal formed during a 1945 nuclear blast that has never been seen ...

A two-dimensional lamellar crystal composed of atomically thin layers of lead iodide (PbI2) could be used to manufacture a new generation of circuits that use light and mechanical vibrations (rather ...

Chemists at the University of Iowa have created a three-dimensional lattice that captures water from the air and stores it.

Researchers at Penn have created a hybrid light-matter particle that could dramatically speed up AI computing while using far ...

A plasma experiment succeeded in twisting light-like waves, and revealed a new, previously unknown rule of extreme physics.

A team of researchers from the University of Oxford and Queen’s University Belfast in ...

Q: What are diffraction gratings? A diffraction grating is an optical component for spectroscopy that splits light into different wavelengths. A typical diffraction grating has thousands of grooves ...