Traffic lights might seem like they let cars stop or go randomly, but that's not always the case. Many of them use special ...

Light-based internet provider Taara, which spun out of Alphabet’s “moonshot” incubator last year, just launched Taara Beam to ...

CU Boulder researchers have built high-performing optical microresonators, opening the door for new sensor technologies. At its simplest form, a microresonator is a tiny device that can trap light and ...

Nuclear magnetic resonance –based co-magnetometers are essential tools for applications ranging from inertial navigation to geophysical exploration and biomedical sensing. Their performance critically ...

An insect-scale robot that jumps using only light has completed 188 continuous leaps without ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are helping to pave a path for the eventual discovery of dark matter. With new approaches to measurement in the quantum realm, ...

A new optical microresonator chip keeps light circulating longer, enhancing efficiency for next-generation sensors and photonic devices.

The design of the average smoke alarm has stayed largely the same for many years, but with the advent of smart home tech, new ...

CU Boulder researchers have designed microscopic “racetracks” that trap and amplify light with exceptional efficiency. By using smooth curves inspired by highway engineering, they reduced energy loss ...

Scientists have visualized, for the first time, how a key sensory protein detects both cold temperatures and cooling compounds like menthol.