In the Environmental Optics Laboratory (EOL) we perform research to reduce uncertainties by developing new measurement and analytical methods. Several graduate and undergraduate students participate ...

16A lot of engineers, scientists, builders, makers, and hackers got their start as children with LEGO. Putting those bricks together, whether following the instructions or not, really brings out the ...

Erik Ritchie, Chief Commercial Officer of Rise Nano Optics Ltd., discusses the company's nanotechnology focus on advanced lens protection within the USD$160 billion global eyewear market.

HOUGHTON -- Just as open-source design has driven down the cost of software to the point that it is accessible to anyone with an Internet connection, open-source designs and 3D printing are driving ...

Scientists in the Laboratory for Adaptive Optics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are developing extraordinarily precise optical systems that will enable astronomers to capture images of ...

Let’s say you want to see whether conditions on the planet Mars are ripe for life. Or maybe you’d like to find individual cells in a patient’s bloodstream to see how diseases cause damage. Or perhaps ...

The Advanced Optics Lab is designed to prepare students for optics research at the level of the Ph.D. Theoretical concepts are taken from the optics gradiuate core classes, however it is not necessary ...