Femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structures can be used to control thermal conductivity in thin film solids, report ...

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...

A decade ago, a group of scientists had the literally brilliant idea to use bioluminescent light to visualize brain activity.

A major European research effort is beginning as Tampere University leads a €4.4 million Doctoral Network focused on high-power optical vortices, a form of twisting light with remarkable potential.

Using the world’s most powerful X-ray laser, scientists have filmed atoms performing an eternal quantum dance that never ...

At least two ingredients are needed to make jets — rotation and magnetic fields — and these produce the ubiquitous laserlike jets we see.

Analog cameras are nowhere near as efficient as biological eyes. If you’ve ever handled a single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, especially if it had a zoom lens attached, you know how heavy they are, and ...

Engineers are turning what used to be a bulky optics bench into something that fits on the tip of a finger, and the latest ...

A Tucson-based company that has been working on high-power directed-energy systems for two decades has won major new funding from the Navy and Army. Applied Energetics Inc. recently was awarded a $3.9 ...

Italian aerospace and defense giant Leonardo is expanding its presence in metro Tucson with a new laser manufacturing plant that will add 170 jobs to its local payroll. Leonardo Electronics US Inc., a ...

Quantum sensors can be used to reveal a surprising new mechanism for converting light into electricity in Weyl semimetals, Boston College Assistant Professor of Physics Brian Zhou and colleagues ...

NTT Research, Inc., a division of NTT, today announced that members of its Physics & Informatics (PHI) Lab, in collaboration ...