The study, "Color astrophotography with a 100 mm-diameter f/2 polymer flat lens," appears in Applied Physics Letters. This technology could transform astrophotography imaging systems, especially in ...

The study, "Color astrophotography with a 100 mm-diameter f/2 polymer flat lens," appears in Applied Physics Letters. This technology could transform astrophotography imaging systems ...

The first telescopes refracted light, and today reflectors dominate, but there is a third way to make light focus, and it ...

Light was long considered to be a wave, exhibiting the phenomenon of interference in which ripples like those in water waves ...

A revolutionary immersive mixed reality experience called "Quantum Lens" that uses a state-of-the art Apple Vision Pro headset to overlay the abstract ...

For centuries, cameras and telescopes have relied on curved glass or plastic lenses to bend light and bring images into focus ...

For the first time, a flat telescope lens has been produced that represents colors accurately, offering a way to make less bulky lenses that could be sent into space cheaply. The first telescopes ...

Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics ...

Two new concept devices from Xiaomi and Realme attach large lenses to small smartphones.