Special for Halloween: A lesser-known work of the great 19th-century scientist—a poem about a blood-sucking monster.
OPN highlights companies and a research institution that have made their work environments welcoming to all.
Invasion and war have disrupted Ukrainian science—and rebuilding it deserves the world’s attention and resources.
New approaches that mimic the functioning of the human eye are enabling embedded, portable alternatives to conventional spectrometers.
Using femtosecond laser pulses to alter stress states in materials could enable better optics for space-based observations.
Beautiful rainbow visible while hiking the Journey Behind the Falls at Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Industrial-laser behemoth reports strong gains in sales and order for fiscal year—but CEO acknowledges economic and geopolitical uncertainties are “making me pensive.”
A single flower species appears different to pollinators depending on pigment composition.
A proposed architecture, Netcast, would use light-based techniques to run complex machine-learning computations on smartphones, smart speakers and other low-power client devices.
A new projection-based additive manufacturing method uses blue and red lasers to quickly create high-resolution micrometer-sized objects.
OPN’s “Light Touch” columnist offers a Halloween treat: a brief cultural history of UV light’s deadly effect on vampires.
The 2022 physics prize goes to John Clauser, Alain Aspect and Anton Zeilinger, who put nonlocal entanglement of photons on a solid footing as a resource for quantum technology.
OPN talks to a physics professor whose research focuses on reimagining education to better include students with disabilities.
A focused femtosecond laser pulse interacts with a glass slide—creating a colorful flying-bird pattern. The shiny colors denote the strong laser-induced breakdown.
Administered every four years since 1995, the IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) assesses mathematics and science knowledge of students around the world.
Adaptive optics was first proposed as a way to improve astronomical measurements, but later it transformed into a tool for ophthalmology and beyond.
A postdoctoral researcher talks about his work in fiber optics.
OPN talks with Sejeong Kim, a co-author of the book Things I Wish I Knew Before Graduate School 2.
A researcher talks about having a multidimensional career.
Study suggests women and men working together are more effective than single-gender research teams.
A researcher talks about following your passion rather than material things.