EPFL scientists have developed a new technique that lets researchers watch, with unprecedented sensitivity, how materials ...

Now, a team led by Professor Sascha Feldmann at EPFL’s Laboratory for Energy Materials has developed a high-sensitivity, ...

Scientists have discovered a centrosymmetric crystal that behaves as though it is chiral – absorbing left- and right-handed circularly-polarized light differently. This counterintuitive finding, from ...

In an elegant fusion of art and science, researchers at Rice University have achieved a major milestone in nanomaterials ...

Left and right circularly polarized light, where the electromagnetic waves spiral in a clockwise and counterclockwise manner ...

While dung beetles are known to use polarized light from the moon and even stars to keep their balls rolling in a straight line, this is the first time an animal has been shown to navigate by ...

Forget LEDs, researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a new type of incandescent light bulb. The device is capable of emitting elliptically polarized light, described as "twisted ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Some beetles, such as Anomala albopilosa, strongly reflect left circularly polarized light (electromagnetic waves that oscillate leftward relative to the direction of light ...

Sunglasses are an important accessory—not only for fashion, but more importantly, for protection. This summer, focus on ...

Centrosymmetric crystals have always absorbed equal amounts of left- and right-handed circularly polarized light—until now ...

Polarized lenses protect your eyes from sun damage. Learn about how they work, the pros and cons, and more. ... They are coated with a special chemical that filters light.

Researchers use circularly polarized light to control the direction of exciton polaritons in 2D semiconductors, enabling new ...