Optics

Today, Chris Hadfield shared in social media a previously released video, Chris Hadfield’s Snapshots from Space! “Throughout his ISS mission, CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield has been taking some of the most incredible photos of Earth ever seen.

ABOARD THE R/V THOMAS G. THOMPSON--Our operations have been halted for a second day now while we wait for a storm on the other side of New Zealand to spin itself out.

The supersensitive device holds promise for medical imaging and quantum networks

A new technique exploits sensor noise patterns unique to each camera that can help identify criminals via photographs posted online

Computing technique reconstructs 3D images from single photons reflected from dimly lit object

Optical systems are set to handle planetary science's big data

Different-shaped beams could be used to increase fiber-optic capacity, thereby easing online congestion

Photons emerge as competitors to electrons in new computer circuits

Experiments suggest that the carbon sheets can produce beams in broad range of colors

The U.S. overall ranks 14th but sliced and diced by state, the U.S. dominates worldwide Internet speeds

Glasses based on a new color vision theory are already being used medically to enhance vasculature and bruising beneath skin. Now they are being tested to aid those with color blindness, although the lenses inhibit the perception of yellows and blues

New experiments show that a photon can traverse an optical obstacle course as both a wave and particle simultaneously