New experiments are pushing our understanding of light and optics to the limit and are also opening up new areas of physics and novel applications. (Picture credit: Photodisc) Optics has always been ...

Researchers in Europe have developed a technique for obtaining accurate laser-based measurements of objects hidden behind complex scattering structures. They say that their mathematical formula, which ...

The Wordle word of the day on December 25 was prism, a word that feels almost unfairly elegant for something so relentlessly honest. A prism exists to intervene between appearance and understanding, ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

An invisibility cloak that can hide an arbitrary object external to the cloak itself has not been devised before. In this Letter, we introduce a novel way to design a remote cloaking device that makes ...