They distribute data and can separate cells from one other. But can they adequately light a room? Photos: Fiber optics lighting the way Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he ...

A new breakthrough in wireless technology could dramatically boost internet speeds while cutting energy use—by switching from radio waves to light. Researchers have developed a tiny chip packed with ...

Modern communication networks and sensing systems are under constant pressure to move more data while consuming less energy. As optical technologies push toward higher speeds and smaller components, ...

Two Americans and a German won the Nobel Prize in physics for optics research that is improving the accuracy of such ...

Imagine a world without internet, email, streaming services or social media. Imagine having to write letters or call everyone ...

IBM has developed new optics technology that can transmit data in data centers at the speed of light, the company announced on Monday. "As generative AI demands more energy and processing power, the ...

Researchers at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, report a first in ultrafast quantum optics: a single-shot ...

Nano-optics, by bridging the gap between classical optics and nanotechnology, explores light at dimensions smaller than its wavelength. It leverages phenomena like plasmonics, near-field optics, and ...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have used a liquid light to create a semiconductor switch that’s tiny enough to blur the distinction between light and electricity while also enabling the ...