Light that twists as it travels and materials whose internal order is knotted like a pretzel are starting to collide in the ...

As quality improves in mid-tier price points, red dots will continue their red-hot domination of the optics industry in 2026.

Vortex phenomena are widespread in nature, from typhoons to ocean currents. In the field of optics, vortex beams, which carry orbital angular ...

Another round of bone-chilling air from the polar vortex could invade the central and northeastern US this weekend and potentially produce the first significant snowstorm of the season for the ...

A disruptive polar vortex is set to usher in three successive waves of Arctic air across the central and eastern United States through mid-December, bringing dangerously low temperatures and the ...

A map of the polar vortex that is bringing frigid temperatures to parts of the U.S. (AccuWeather) The first of three rounds of cold Arctic air from a shifting polar vortex has sent temperatures ...

The polar vortex has broken, and severe temperatures are set to dominate most of the country in the coming days. Temperatures in the 10s are forecast for much of the Northeast, and subzero ...

If you’ve ever wondered why winter sometimes flips from mild to brutally cold, the answer might be hiding 20 miles above your head. That’s where a rare atmospheric phenomenon called sudden ...

It seems like you cannot mention cold weather in the fall and winter without coming across the phrase “polar vortex.” Meteorologists often refer to this weather element as a potential culprit behind ...

A polar vortex is on its way for much of Canada next week. And while it’s not the first time Canadians have faced down the chill of a polar vortex in recent years, this one is set to cause ...

A Polar Vortex brought temperatures so cold in January 2014 that it froze Niagara Falls. Signals of a rare sudden stratospheric warming in the next two weeks have some forecasting an imminent Arctic ...