Scientists grow ultra-uniform perovskite nanocrystals at room temperature, boosting yields and brighter light for future ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Structural colors – the vibrant hues that arise not from pigments but from the interaction of light with microscopic structures – are among nature’s most captivating phenomena.

As light shines steadily on a silver slip of a fish, minuscule dots on the fish start flashing: blue, yellow, blue, yellow. The bodies “do not glow like luminous fish,” Masakazu Iwasaka, an ...

A group of chemics working with the Osaka University in Japan have identified a rare crystal that melts whenever it is exposed to ultraviolet light. The researchers published their findings in a new ...

In a surprising twist, researchers have identified crystals that are symmetrical but nevertheless absorb light as if they were chiral (Science 2025, DOI: 10.1126/science.adr5478). The discovery ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The screens we use every day – from smartphones to televisions – work by either filtering white light or creating their own illumination. These approaches have served well but ...

Swarovski’s traveling exhibition Masters of Light has arrived in Los Angeles, where it will be open to the public until November 3. Designed by Swarovski creative director Giovanna Engelbert and ...