Read article: Daytime polarization patterns point the way to True North
New technique makes it possible to locate the north celestial pole without computing the Sun’s position or using navigation aids
Read article: Our colourful world: an illustrated journey through the rainbow
Michael Banks and his son Henry review Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Sheila Kanani, illustrated by Liz Kay
Read article: Sound waves break light transmission reciprocity
New technique could advance optical communications that encode information in the orbital angular momentum of light
Read article: Nanoparticles levitated by light exhibit non-reciprocal interactions
Tight control over interactions gives physicists a new platform for exploring collective quantum dynamics
Read article: Anti-laser enables near-perfect light absorption
Researchers create a light trap in which a beam of light prevents itself from escaping
Read article: Anti-reflection coating allows perfect light transmission
New technique completely eliminates wave reflections and could improve wireless reception as well as biomedical imaging techniques
Read article: Helical light tells chiral molecules apart
New technique could have important applications for drug development, biochemistry and toxicology
Read article: Meta-atoms act like road signs for light waves
Nonlinear dielectric nanostructures could control the flow of light in next-generation devices for information processing and communicationsÂ
Read article: Near-unipolar laser pulses could control qubits
A laser pulse that largely circumvents the inherent symmetry of light waves could be used to manipulate quantum information
Read article: Microcavity could make a platform for quantum sensing
New work shows that the dynamical instabilities of a system can be exploited as a resource
