Optics

Twists and tangles in particles could result in new technology

The proposed "Lowline" in New York City would transform an abandoned belowground trolley depot into a recreational public space complete with lush flora

The device, which relies on new insights into how the brain decodes signals from the eye, could eventually be developed for use in humans

A layered design would split two key aspects of a light wave, enabling electromagnetic energy to pull objects

An ultrafast camera uses scattered laser light to create images of hidden objects, which could have military and industrial cleanup applications

Spiralling radio waves could revolutionize telecommunications.

Two groups of physicists have managed to shift the quantum entanglement between two photons onto an entangled state between one photon and a quantum memory

The participants of the 36th annual Nikon microscopic photography competition won prizes for minuscule masterpieces rendering really close close-ups of everything from mosquito hearts and rat retinas to soy sauce and soap film

So-called NOON states could find use in interferometry for precision measurements or quantum lithography to make ever tinier circuits

Techniques now coming of age allow astronomers to more easily photograph distant planets rather than inferring their presence indirectly

The first so-called helium nova, the possible result of a large white dwarf sucking material from a hydrogen-deficient companion star, may be a precursor to a supernova