The countertop has quartz, plagioclase feldspar, potassium feldspar and biotite ... so they will show up differently in doubled polarized light, but their optical properties will also be specific for ...

The countertop has quartz, plagioclase feldspar ... will show up differently in doubled polarized light, but their optical properties will also be specific for that mineral type.

Up until recently, astronomy was reliant entirely on electromagnetic waves. While that changed with the confirmation of ...

A research group from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

A proposed experiment that would involve trapping atoms on a two-layered laser grid could be used to study the mechanism behind high-temperature superconductivity. Developed by physicists in Germany ...

In a striking demonstration of molecular control, a team of scientists has harnessed light to reverse the twist in self-assembling molecules. The study identifies how trace residual aggregates in ...

Scientists in Japan have uncovered a surprising twist, literally, in how molecules organize themselves. By introducing tiny leftover fragments from previous assemblies, they discovered a way to flip ...

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday said it had sealed “numerous” commercial and residential properties of property tycoon Malik Riaz across the country over corruption cases ...

Nvidia to use optical tech in networking chips, not GPUs Copper cables currently more reliable than optical connections Nvidia has backed startups working on co-packaged optics for AI chips SAN ...

Optical physics is the study of the fundamental properties of light and its interaction with matter. This includes classical optical phenomena such as reflection, refraction, diffraction and ...