Menlo's optical frequency combs are a core component of optical clocks, such as this one at JILA. (Courtesy: GE Marti/JILA) This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first time an optical-frequency ...
A new, miniature laser source developed by applied physicists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and ...
Shape matters, even in hearing. Specifically, it is the shape of the cochlea – the snail-shell-shaped organ in the inner ear that converts sound waves into nerve impulses that the brain deciphers – ...