PhD student Oksana Smirnova is investigating optical microlenses made from hybrid glasses. Credit: Jens Meyer / University of Jena A research team from the University of Jena has developed a small ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Optical lenses play a crucial role in a vast array of applications, from microscopy and astronomy to photography, medical devices, and machine vision systems. Traditionally, the ...

Lenses featuring a trippy, spiral design could offer an alternative to traditional multifocal lenses. They seem to produce clearer images than standard multifocals, even in dim light. The lenses were ...