Optical Physics
Optical Physics: a subfield of atomic, molecular, and optical physics. It is the study of the generation of electromagnetic radiation, the properties of that radiation, and the interaction of that radiation with matter, especially its manipulation and control. It differs from general optics and optical engineering in that it is focused on the discovery and application of new phenomena. Researchers in optical physics use and develop light sources that span the electromagnetic spectrum from microwaves to X-rays. The field includes the generation and detection of light, linear and nonlinear optical processes, and spectroscopy.
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APR 10, 2019Space & Astronomy
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SEP 28, 2018Instead of analyzing fixed, treated cells, researchers can now peek inside of live cells that haven't been changed by reagents or treatments....Written By: Carmen Leitch
APR 10, 2019
Space & Astronomy
APR 10, 2019
Black hole illustrations are widely available on the internet, but not a single one of those has been a genuine photograph of the object itself; instead, t...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 27, 2019
Space & Astronomy
MAR 27, 2019
Astronomers use a bevy of different methods to analyze distant exoplanets, but the GRAVITY instrument attached to the European Space Observatory’s Ve...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2019
Space & Astronomy
MAR 19, 2019
Before NASA’s precedent-setting New Horizons spacecraft flew past Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) Ultima Thule on New Year’s Day, no one was entirely...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 11, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
MAR 11, 2019
Researchers have learned more about how the movement of liquids can impact cellular processes....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2019
Space & Astronomy
MAR 05, 2019
An empty fuel tank forced NASA to retire its Kepler Space Telescope at the end of last October, but that doesn’t necessarily spell out of the end of...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
FEB 25, 2019
Biofluorescence is the ability of an animal to absorb certain kinds of light and emit different wavelengths in its place. A handful of animals are known fo...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2019
Space & Astronomy
FEB 24, 2019
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past the Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) Ultima Thule (also known as 2014 MU69) on New Years’ Day, and while the A...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 31, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
JAN 31, 2019
Currently, self-driving cars rely on a combination of different technologies such as digital cameras, pulsed laser scanners (LIDAR), GPS, traditional radar...
Written By:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
JAN 30, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
JAN 30, 2019
The development of autonomous vehicles has picked up tremendous momentum in the recent decade. Armed with technologies such LIDARs (also known as 3D laser ...
Written By:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
JAN 22, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
JAN 22, 2019
Scientists have taken a close look at what happens on the molecular level when DNA is inserted into the genome of a plant....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2019
Space & Astronomy
JAN 22, 2019
Astronomers around the globe are continuously scanning the cosmos to identify and study the unique characteristics of distant exoplanets. One of the ways t...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 20, 2019
Videos
JAN 20, 2019
Ultracold physics is essentially ultracold atoms that are present at temperatures close to 0 kelvins (absolute zero)—at such temperatur...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 16, 2019
Space & Astronomy
JAN 16, 2019
Astronomers use a variety of telescopes to observe the cosmos. Some orbit the Earth to get the most precise possible view without obstructions from Earth&r...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2019
Space & Astronomy
JAN 09, 2019
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is perhaps one of the most important space observatories in existence today. Despite launching into orbit around the Ea...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 17, 2018
Technology
DEC 17, 2018
Metamaterials have long been used by scientists for the manipulation of electromagnetic waves, like visible light, to allow the waves to act in ways not fo...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 15, 2018
Technology
DEC 15, 2018
In as study published in Light: Science and Applications, noninvasive technology may now detect nerve cell firing based on shape changes. The method was de...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 09, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
DEC 09, 2018
Once defined by the predictable swing of a finely-tuned pendulum in the classic era, the most precise clock these days relies on the electron transition fr...
Written By:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
NOV 29, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
NOV 29, 2018
60 years ago in the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), the DOE's cutting-edge nuclear research facility located on Long Island, the invention of a n...
Written By:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
NOV 16, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
NOV 16, 2018
Optogenetics combined genetic engineering with optics to create a way to control cellular behaviors with light....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NOV 07, 2018
If you followed along when NASA’s New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in July 2015, then you probably remember all the stunning photographs taken of t...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 28, 2018
Technology
OCT 28, 2018
What do vehicles, drones and wearable/handheld devices have in common? They all utilize gyroscopes in determining their orientation in three-dimensional sp...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 19, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
OCT 19, 2018
Capturing the swift passing of light in a scattering medium, such as human tissues, has a lot of potentials in biomedical imaging. But the existing i...
Written By:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
OCT 05, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
OCT 05, 2018
On Tuesday, Oct 2nd, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mouro...
Written By:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
SEP 28, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 28, 2018
Instead of analyzing fixed, treated cells, researchers can now peek inside of live cells that haven't been changed by reagents or treatments....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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