A new single-layer chiral metasurface detects circularly polarized light efficiently, offering a compact, high-performance alternative to bulky optical systems.

Scientists built a chiral metal-organic framework that boosts circularly polarized light, achieving record luminescence and ...

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Polarization spectroscopy advances analytical capabilities, revealing molecular details through techniques like Raman, ...

Ferroic materials such as ferromagnets and ferroelectrics underpin modern data storage, yet face limits: They switch slowly, ...

Daniel Urban teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander how bees can see polarized light Did you know bees can see something humans can't? In this experiment, we explore how bees detect polarized light ...

Scientists have discovered a completely new way to store digital information—using light and a rare class of materials called ...

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Ultrathin structures that can bend, focus, or filter light, metasurfaces are reshaping how scientists think about optics.

Scientists have discovered a method to switch ultra-stable ferroaxial materials using circular terahertz light, paving the way for next-generation, non-volatile data storage technologies. Modern life ...

A new class, ferroaxials, avoids these issues by hosting vortices of dipoles with clockwise or anticlockwise textures, but ...

An astoundingly detailed weevil on a single grain of rice takes first place in 2025's Nikon Small World photomicrography ...