A new sound-based laser could measure gravity with unprecedented precision and reshape navigation technology. Since their ...

Far from waging galactic warfare, astronomers use these lasers to create "artificial stars" in order to measure atmospheric ...

The preservation of Helium-3 polarization in laser-plasma accelerators could increase energy production for fusion reactors.

In a striking glimpse into extreme physics, scientists have captured the split-second chaos that unfolds when powerful laser ...

The U.S. Navy recently rebooted the SSL-TM, a 150-kilowatt laser weapon aboard the USS Portland. This returned effort could ...

A new study demonstrates a pre-enrichment and ATTA method to measure isotopes at previously inaccessible abundance levels.

Experiments have identified two main types of “breathing” behavior. When the laser operates above the minimum power needed to ...

If you walk across the open yard in front of the Physics, Math and Astronomy building at the University of Texas at Austin, you’ll see a 17-story tower and a huge L-shaped building. What you won’t see ...

Scientists in the Riccio College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of California Santa Barbara have demonstrated key laser and ion trap components necessary ...

Can light behave like a whirlwind? It turns out it can—and such "optical tornadoes" have now been created in an extremely small structure by scientists from the Faculty of Physics at the University of ...

Tokyo researchers reach quantum milestone with laser test. First use of circularly polarised light in electron scattering. Breakthrough could advance quantum devices and technology. Did our AI summary ...