The new method, which uses quantum dots, performs as well as or better than current infrared light sources while being much ...

New results published in the journal Physical Review Letters detail how a specially designed metamaterial was able to tip the normally equal balance between thermal absorption and emission, enabling ...

The development of near-infrared (NIR) light-emitting diodes and phosphors represents a pivotal advancement in photonic technologies, with far‐reaching applications in biomedical imaging, night vision ...

Punch-drunk syndrome, boxer’s madness, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The name has changed over the years, but the cause is clear: repeated impacts can affect long-term brain health, with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People who tested a new type of designer contact lens could see flashing infrared signals from a light source. (Yuqian Ma, Yunuo ...

(Upper panel) Experimental scheme. When a chiral gold nanoparticle is illuminated with near-infrared linearly polarized femtosecond light pulses, circularly polarized luminescence is observed in the ...

Humans have a new way of seeing infrared light, without the need for clunky night-vision goggles. Researchers have made the first contact lenses to convey infrared vision — and the devices work even ...

A transparent perovskite LED overlaid across a smart-watch display to show high optical transparency, neutral colour and bright NIR electroluminescence when turned on. Credit: Nature Communications A ...