Quantum technologies are cutting-edge systems that can process, transfer, or store information leveraging quantum mechanical ...

Researchers at the University of Oxford have presented a method for interpreting the interactions between materials and polarized light, which may facilitate advancements in biomedical imaging and ...

Materials scientists can learn a lot about a sample material by shooting lasers at it. With nonlinear optical microscopy—a specialized imaging technique that looks for a change in the color of intense ...

Scientists studying asteroids found that two seemingly unrelated types share a strange dusty coating of troilite. By using polarization of light instead of traditional spectra, they uncovered evidence ...