As a 16-year-old boy, Albert Einstein imagined chasing after a beam of light in the vacuum of space. He mused on that vision for years, turning it over in his mind, asking questions about the ...

This meticulously engineered surface operates at the microscopic level, manipulating light beams with remarkable precision. The device directs beams of light through a sequence of finely tuned ...

BEAM robotics, which stands for Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, and Mechanics, is an ethos that focuses on building robots with simple analog circuits. [NanoRobotGeek] built a great example of th… ...

Researchers have developed photonic devices that manipulate light to enable innovative applications, like pocket-sized ...

A new technique that combines electron microscopy and laser technology enables programmable, arbitrary shaping of electron beams. It can potentially be used for optimizing electron optics and for ...