Read article: Kerker scattering locates particles with subatomic precision
All-optical technique could benefit nanometrology, medical and biophysics applications as well as help stabilize positioning systems in microscopes
Read article: Optogenetics guides embryo morphogenesis
The technique has been used to induce tissue folding and shaping in a live embryo for the first time
Read article: Three photons bind together to make a ‘molecule’ of light
Technique could be used to create quantum-information systems
Read article: Looking – into the future
With age comes failing eyesight, but Helen Gleeson hopes her team’s research into liquid-crystal contact lenses that can switch focus may provide a solution
Read article: Display creates 3D images that can be viewed from many angles
New technique has advantages over holography
Read article: Quantum Hall effect in 4D is created in the lab
Optical and atomic experiments synthesize extra dimensions
Read article: Can Bose–Einstein condensates simulate cosmic inflation?
Cosmic analogue made by shaking ultracold gas
Read article: Luminescent paint makes LiFi networks more secure
Phosphorescent surfaces could even transmit after light source switched off
Read article: Microwaves in metamaterial perform quantum search
Entanglement-free approach achieves efficiency unattainable by classical algorithms
Read article: Hidden dimensions make broadband metasurfaces
By mathematically transforming an entire spatial dimension into a point, researchers have achieved for the first time metasurfaces with continuous absorption spectra
