Optics has a long history in the UK and the evolving nature of the subject is similar to that faced over a century ago by the Optical Society, Physical Society and the Institute of Physics (see box ...

It’s sometimes easy to forget that the light in the sky is an actual star. With how reliable it is and how busy we tend to be ...

Physicists at ETH Zurich have developed a lens that can transform infrared light into visible light by halving the wavelength ...

With an applied physics: optics degree, you’ll gain specialized expertise in optics, preparing you for diverse career opportunities in technology, research, and academia. Become who you’re meant to be ...

What if ultrafast pulses of light could operate computers at speeds a million times faster than today's best processors? A ...

Scientists from the U.S. National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory and New Jersey Institute of Technology ...

Solar raindrops—plasma streams in the Sun’s corona—are now visible thanks to adaptive optics, helping scientists study solar ...

I. T. the visiting physicists and opticians proceeded out tawdry Massachusetts Avenue to the red buildings of Harvard University, to whose professor emeritus of physics, Dr. Theodore Lyman ...

A powerful new optics system has captured the clearest view yet of the Sun’s corona, revealing stunning plasma structures.

Researchers at Michigan Tech have worked to identify the rest mass of neutrinos, and are using lasers to analyze patients breath samples with hopes of detecting medical ailments such as ulcers and ...

“Most major technological advancements of the future are either directly related to the use of optics or optical systems, or indirectly related to optics technology.” – Physics Chair and Optics ...

Light is all around us, essential for one of our primary senses (sight) as well as life on Earth itself. It underpins many ...