Ever heard of a sphericular display? [AnubisTTP] laid hands on a (damaged) Burroughs SD-11 Sphericular Display and tore down the unusual device to see what was inside. It’s a type of projection ...

Anyone who’s tried to swat a pesky mosquito knows how quickly the insects can evade a hand or fly swatter. The pests’ compound eyes, which provide a wide field of view, are largely responsible for ...

Details of a new innovation in digital camera lenses have been published by a research team headed up by Prof. John Rogers of the University of Illinois. The new lens is based upon the type of ...

Researchers say hydroquinine could be an effective naturally occurring disinfecting solution for contact lenses and help combat keratitis infections. A new study suggests a naturally-occurring ...

An artificial insect “eye” could give surveillance cameras and surgical instruments the ability to see almost everything around them. The ultra-wide angle compound lens, about the size of an insect’s ...

A compound lens forged by two galaxies is helping astronomers get a bead on the Hubble Constant and dark energy. Reading time 3 minutes A light source in space originally believed to be a galaxy ...

Additive manufacturing enables new and unprecedented engineering and production possibilities that are predicted to have an enormous impact in the twenty-first century. The technology allows for the ...

A team of astronomers has for the first time discovered a gravitational lens in which the image of a distant galaxy has been split into six distinct images. This unusual configuration is caused by ...

Anyone who's tried to swat a pesky mosquito knows how quickly the insects can evade a hand or fly swatter. The pests' compound eyes, which provide a wide field of view, are largely responsible for ...

Anyone who's tried to swat a pesky mosquito knows how quickly the insects can evade a hand or fly swatter. The pests' compound eyes, which provide a wide field of view, are largely responsible for ...