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Swiss scientists have developed an ultra-thin lens that turns infrared light into visible light using lithium niobate and nanoscale patterns.

Minuscule gears that are thinner than a human hair and powered by light could be used to study human cells or power tiny, complex robots. Gear systems often struggle to work at a size below a ...

LONDON, England (WKRC) - A team of chemists created strands of spaghetti that are 200 times thinner than human hair and are even narrower than some wavelengths of light. A new paper from Nanoscale ...