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Self-healing, light-emitting fibre paves way for smarter textiles and robotics
An innovative fibre with a range of exceptional features, including the ability to emit light, self-repair when damaged, and respond to...
Dec 6, 20242 min read


Scientists at the European XFEL and DESY produce high-power attosecond X-ray pulses at megahertz repetition rates
A research team at European XFEL and DESY has achieved a major advance in X-ray science by generating unprecedented high-power attosecond...
Nov 26, 20242 min read


A breakthrough in photonic time crystals could change how we use and control light
An international research team has for the first time designed realistic photonic time crystals – exotic materials that exponentially...
Nov 13, 20242 min read


Taking the “vibrational fingerprints” of molecules got 100 times faster
Researchers Takuma Nakamura, Kazuki Hashimoto, and Takuro Ideguchi of the Institute for Photon Science and Technology at the University...
Oct 24, 20242 min read


Ultra-small spectrometer yields the power of a 1,000 times bigger device
Spectrometers are technology for reading light that date back to the era of famed 17th-century physicist Isaac Newton. They work by...
Oct 24, 20244 min read


A photonics breakthrough: Printing 3D photonic crystals that completely block light
Photonic crystals are materials with repeating internal structures that interact with light in unique ways. We can find natural examples...
Sep 16, 20243 min read
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