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Researchers from the Monash University School of Physics and Astronomy have flipped a long-held assumption in optics, showing ...

UC Santa Barbara physics doctoral candidate has been named to Heising-Simons Foundation’s Science program’s new class of 51 Pegasi b Fellows ...

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In this Physics World Focus on Optics & Photonics you’ll find an interview with the healthcare photonics lead at the UK’s Centre for Process Innovation, and a report on a pan-European effort to ...

Ultrathin structures that can bend, focus, or filter light, "metasurfaces" are reshaping how scientists think about optics. These engineered materials offer precise control over light's behavior, but ...

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Geometric optics is a confusing subject for many physics students, who often first encounter the subject in introductory college physics classes. Traditional instruction in geometric optics is not as ...