As prolonged exposure to sunlight increasingly becomes a health hazard, causing skin problems and even cancer, automakers have started to incorporate glass that blocks harmful ultraviolet light. Japan ...

For photographers who want to move beyond the standard full-color photograph, most cameras have digital filters, which is software that adds special effects. But when you want to truly stand out from ...

Australian researchers are developing crystals that can convert infrared rays that human beings can not feel to visible light simply by transmitting them. Application of this technology is expected to ...

Glass that blocks out heat but not light when a room starts getting excessively warm has been developed by UK scientists. At most room temperatures the glass lets both visible and infrared light pass ...

At CES, smart glasses were unveiled that replace multifocal lenses with real-time focus adjustment, no cameras or screens, promising natural vision and a normal look, launching next year.

Figure 1. (a) Chalcogenide glass; (b) All chalcogenide glass metalens, scale bar is 2 mm; (c) SEM image of chalcogenide glass micropillars, scale bar is 20 μm; (d) Local magnification image of (c), ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed a new fabrication process that allows infrared (IR) glass to be combined with another glass and formed into complex miniature shapes. The technique can be ...