We present a simple and practical strategy that allows to design high-efficiency grating couplers. The technique is based on the simultaneous apodization of two structural parameters: the grating ...

Simply peel a big batch of garlic cloves, then pop 'em in a resealable container, and stick 'em in the freezer for later use.

Cheese makes everything taste better. It's the perfect addition to so many dishes, whether used as topping over a piping hot pizza, melted into gooey goodness on a plate of baked nachos, or simply ...

Controlling light at the micro- and nanoscale opens up opportunities for a better understanding of the world and the development of technology. As modern electronics approaches the limits of its ...

When it comes to baking with chocolate, a box grater is truly a baker's best friend. Whether you're shaving a sweet garnish over hot chocolates and lattes, grinding up a good bark for your black ...

Diffraction gratings are beautiful things, bending transmitted and reflected light and splitting it into its component wavelengths to create attractive iridescent rainbow patterns. It’s the same ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Whether you get it off the block or grab ...

One of the coolest things about physics is that the same basic concept can pop up in several seemingly unrelated things: say, a CD, the seed shrimp’s antennae, certain fossils in the Burgess shale, ...

A research team has fabricated a subwavelength grating from an epitaxial molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2) layer roughly 42 nanometers thick and measured optical confinement consistent with a bound state ...