Carbon nanotubes are moving from lab curiosities to workhorse components in quantum hardware, and one of the most striking examples is their use as single-photon light sources. By exploiting their ...

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“Our participants created a complete lighting survey for public spaces with a total surface area of about 22 square kilometers,” Kyba says proudly. After co-developing the “Nachtlichter” app ...

Researchers at Columbia have created a chip that turns a single laser into a “frequency comb,” producing dozens of powerful light channels at once. Using a special locking mechanism to clean messy ...