A new optical device allows researchers to generate and switch between two stable, donut-shaped light patterns called skyrmions. These light vortices hold their shape even when disturbed, making them ...

Zoe Kleinmann and a student make a pattern of light with translucent cups. Zoe Kleinmann and a student explore patterns. First they create units of two connected plastic cubes to create an AB pattern.

Scientists have generated ultra-stable, donut-shaped light structures called skyrmions. These innovative beams can carry data ...

Researchers from the Southern University of Science and Technology, reporting on November 28, 2025, in Microsystems & Nanoengineering, describe a new optoelectrowetting-based droplet dispensing system ...