We are entering an age of data explosion. The volume of digital information generated from the internet and from portable and high-definition video devices has doubled every two years since 2000 and ...

Self-assembled structures offer a unique design concept for optical data storage devices. The storage of digital information using light is a key technology for producing long-term archives of large ...

Switchable fluorescent proteins, able to move reversibly between two optical states, have been known from some years. But now, German researchers have discovered the mechanism behind this optical ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) In a world driven by data, the relentless growth of digital information is pushing existing storage technologies to their limits. Every day, vast amounts of data are generated, ...

An optical memory based on a semiconductor ring laser is under development in a new project by a pan-European consortium of universities and companies. Photonics scientists have long sought an optical ...

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have proposed a new type of memory, in ...

Engineers have developed a nanomaterial that could lead to optical chips and circuits. The researchers believe they are the first to rewrite a waveguide, which is a crucial photonic component and a ...

Taiwan’s opto-electronics industry produced NT$155.65 billion worth of goods in the first quarter of 2002 on the back of brisk demand for flat display panels and optical storage devices, according to ...

An optic fiber sensing system developed by researchers in China and Canada can peer inside supercapacitors and batteries to observe their state of charge. Renewable energy sources are naturally ...

English is such a bizarre language. There are countless instances of pronunciation inconsistencies, idioms exclusive to the language, words that are spelled exactly the same but mean completely ...

Optical drives let your computer read and interact with discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. However, they're quickly becoming ...