Caltech scientists are developing laser-driven lightsails that could push spacecraft beyond our solar system. Their research ...

Microlenses applied to eyeglasses can help reduce growth-related worsening of nearsightedness (myopia), preventing potential ...

Scientists are developing miniature lightsails that could travel at unprecedented speeds, potentially enabling interstellar ...

Thin-disk single-cavity dual-comb lasers (TDSCs) offer a promising alternative to traditional dual-comb systems, simplifying ...

Powered by laser light, this tiny sail lays the groundwork for future advances in lightsail technology and the potential for ...

Then the team hit the membrane with argon laser light at a visible wavelength ... would not always remain perpendicular to a laser source on Earth, they next angled the laser beam to mimic ...

The emergence of convenient sources of broadband light spanning the visible and near-infrared is ... reports Neil Savage. Lasers are useful because they produce powerful beams of collimated ...

A FUTURISTIC drone-destroying laser has been seen firing from a US Navy warship in an incredible declassified image. The ...

GIA’s laboratories use advanced instrumentation and research to deliver accurate grading, identification, and origin ...

The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled by ultrathin sails may sound like the stuff of sci-fi novels. But in fact, a program started in 2016 by Stephen Hawking and ...

Ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors—such as diamond—are promising for next-generation electronics due to a larger energy gap between the valence and conduction bands, allowing them to handle higher ...