Programmable terahertz vortices enable dual electric and magnetic skyrmion modes

Researchers have created an optical device that can generate both electric and magnetic vortex-ring-like light patterns.

Harvestmen arachnids apparently use fluorescent patterns for species recognition

A research team from Munich has identified a previously unknown communication mechanism in harvestmen. Five closely related ...
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Diurnal lighting patterns and habitat alter opsin expression and colour preferences in a killifish

Spatial variation in lighting environments frequently leads to population variation in colour patterns, colour preferences and visual systems. Yet lighting conditions also vary diurnally, and many ...
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NTT creates chip that rewrites itself using light patterns

NTT’s research division has developed what it claims to be the world’s first programmable nonlinear photonic waveguide capable of switching between multiple nonlinear-optical functions on a single ...