Powerful Lasers Reveal How Matter Becomes Plasma in Trillionths of a Second
In the experiment, the XFEL photon energy was carefully tuned to match a specific electronic transition in highly…
Topological control of chirality and spin with structured light
Concept of spin-orbit interactions driven by beam topology Before demonstrating how topological structuring enables SOI in paraxial light,…
Wild Experiment Suggests Lasers and Graphene Could Propel Future Spacecraft
An experiment on board a parabolic flight showed promising results suggesting that graphene, a thin sheet of carbon…
Graphene and lasers for space propulsion
Science & Exploration 07/04/2026 533 views 11 likes Lasers could one day steer solar sails and adjust a…
Nanoscale transfer-printed full-colour ultrahigh-resolution quantum dot LEDs
Meng, T. et al. Ultrahigh-resolution quantum-dot light-emitting diodes. Nat. Photon. 16, 297–303 (2022). Article ADS CAS Google Scholar Lin,…
New ‘vacuum ultraviolet’ laser is 100 to 1,000 times more efficient than existing tech
The vacuum ultraviolet region is the area of the electromagnetic spectrum lying between X-rays and visible light. It…
Twist-induced orbital chirality in a photonic laser
The combination of two achiral photonic membranes into a twisted bilayer breaks mirror symmetry and induces non-Hermitian coupling…
New Laser That Slices Through Bone Could Replace Bone Saw in Operating Rooms
The modified laser cuts on a bovine femur. Credit: University of Basel, Catherine Weyer Conventional orthopedic surgery relies…
Sub-1-volt, reconfigurable Gires-Tournois resonators for full-coloured monopixel array
Concept of reconfigurable Gires-Tournois monopixels Reflective displays offer a compact and efficient design, leveraging external light without an…
Continuous-wave narrow-linewidth vacuum ultraviolet laser source
Kroger, L. A. & Reich, C. W. Features of the low-energy level scheme of 229Th as observed in…
Maximizing perovskite electroluminescence with ordered 3D/2D heterojunction
Peng, C. et al. Weakly space-confined all-inorganic perovskites for light-emitting diodes. Nature 643, 96–103 (2025). Article ADS CAS …
Louisiana $15.6B Pension Fund LASERS Gains $3.2M Bitcoin Exposure Through Strategy
The Louisiana state pension fund (LASERS), a program mandated for all state employees, has reportedly announced its indirect…