Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in a study to appear in Physical Review X. Laser-heated air can efficiently transmit light signals ...

Oil prices are spiking again, this time because of the war unfolding in the Middle East. What would happen, however, if we could end our reliance on oil for good? People have been ...

As the question of how to make a laser fusion reactor practical rises, scientists at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) have come up with a way for fusion lasers to ...

First predicted by Einstein more than a century ago, lasers have shaped our modern technological landscape. But how do they work? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Scientists have taken a cutting-edge development from 2018 and pushed it even further, creating a levitation ray capable of lifting microscopic material. At the heart of this innovation is a ...

Scientists have discovered a method to scale up the power of lasers by up to nine times without reducing the beam quality. The breakthrough could have profound implications for the future of warfare ...

Researchers developed a way to recycle the quantum dots used to make microscopic supraparticle lasers. A sample of the supraparticles recycled in the experiment is shown. WASHINGTON — For the first ...

The recycled dots were then used to make lasers that worked just like the originals. The team plans to study how recycling affects the performance of the quantum dots over time and to develop ways to ...

Fusion energy is the ultimate clean-energy dream. It’s what powers the sun. Researchers have been trying for decades to mimic that process. But creating what amounts to a miniature star that can be ...

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