Researchers combine metalens with an artificial muscle (w/video)

Artificial eye automatically stretches to simultaneously focus and correct astigmatism and image shift.

Attoseconds break into atomic interior

A newly developed laser technology has made it possible to observe the interaction of multiple photons in a single such pulse with electrons in the inner orbital shell of an atom.

Opening windows for new spintronic studies

A surprising discovery about spin-electron interactions in a specialized semiconductor material - a 'sandwich' of layers with different properties, buffered by a graphene nanoribbon - could potentially offer major advantages in speed, heat dissipation and power consumption in electronic devices.

Nanomushroom sensors: One material, many applications

Scientists have developed new innovative biosensing material for counting dividing cells and detecting biomolecules.

Chiral magnets show bulk diode effect due to spin fluctuations

Materials with left- and right-handed responses to current exhibit an intriguing diode effect.

Atomic design by water

Scientists show how geometric structures at surfaces can be formed with atomic precision by water.

Giant intrinsic chirality from planar dielectric nanostructures

Researchers have developed a metasurface, comprised of a single planar layer of nanostructures, which exhibits strong optical chirality in transmission.