Fiber optic SERS probes, called “optrodes,” combine spectroscopy with the flexibility and versatility of fiber optic cables.

Optical spectroscopy encompasses a wide variety of techniques used to study how matter interacts with light. Optical spectroscopy techniques are used in physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology, and ...

A new chip-scale spectrometer challenges the long-standing reliance on bulky optical systems by replacing physical light ...

Scientists have created tiny “optical tornadoes” — swirling beams of light that twist like miniature whirlwinds — using a ...

How do photosynthetic organisms harvest light so efficiently? To help answer this question, researchers have developed an ultrafast transient absorption microscope with sensitivity approaching the ...

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a new approach to secure optical communication that hides ...

White matter pathways allow distant parts of the brain to communicate, supporting memory, emotion, and language. One such ...

A powerful new microscopy technique unveils hidden nanoscale light interactions, offering a glimpse into physics that ...

Photoshop cc 2014 tutorial showing how to create a bi-directional, optical illusion, photo portrait. Is the face looking to the left or towards the camera? IMPORTANT: At 4:22, Ctrl-click or Cmd-click ...

Photoshop cc 2014 tutorial showing how to create the photographic, optical illusion called the “Hybrid Effect”. This effect combines two different photos into one image. When the image is viewed at ...

Conservation levels of gene expression abundance ratios are globally coordinated in cells, and cellular state changes under such biologically relevant stoichiometric constraints are readable as ...