Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have used a classic optical phenomenon known as the ...

Motion aftereffect is a well-documented optical phenomenon where prolonged focus on a stationary pattern causes the visual ...

Researchers used the Poisson spot effect to create stable optical skyrmions with a laser and disc, simplifying studies for ...

Researchers at the Würzburg site of the Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat have succeeded in transferring the topological quantum Hall and spin Hall effects to a hybrid light-matter system by harnessing ...

Optical illusions occur naturally in different habitats and conditions across the world. Cloud formations can sometimes make it seem like there's an ocean or a UFO in the sky. Whether it is salt flats ...

Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) is a microscopy technique widely used to investigate cells. Even though earlier biomedical applications based on QPI have been developed, both acquisition speed and ...

Watch as a rare full-circle rainbow forms in the sky, creating a breathtaking display of color above. The remarkable ...

Metasurfaces are ultra-thin assemblies of subwavelength structures engineered to manipulate light at the nanoscale. When designed from materials with strong optical nonlinearity, these planar ...

Magneto-optical phenomena in X-ray and neutron scattering encompass a suite of techniques that exploit the interaction between electromagnetic radiation or neutron beams and the magnetic structure of ...

Everyone loves an optical illusion — even if they leave us completely stumped — and they're all around us in the natural world. From an underwater waterfall in the Indian Ocean to a surrealist scene ...