The advance hints at the possibility of portable muon-making devices that could help peer through solid materials for hidden contraband.

While developing LiDAR technology, scientists unexpectedly discovered how to generate multiple laser colors from a single ...

A few years ago, researchers in Michal Lipson's lab noticed something remarkable. They were working on a project to improve ...

In a stunning leap for quantum optics, scientists have generated ultrafast light pulses whose quantum uncertainty can be ...

WATCH, I’M MANDY GAITHER. JASON: NASA JUST RECEIVED A LASERBEAM SIGNAL FROM THE MOON. MICHELLE: NASA SCIENTISTS LAUNCHED LASER BEAMS AT A REFLECTOR 240,000-MILES AWAY FROM EARTH DOZENS OF TIMES IN THE ...

Laser physicists have built a novel hybrid plasma accelerator. Particle accelerators have become an indispensable tool for studies of the structure of matter at sub-atomic scales, and have important ...

Scientists have created a new class of laser beam that appears to violate long-held laws of light physics. These new beams, which the team calls “spacetime wave packets,” follow different rules of ...

This experiment investigates the behavior of a laser beam when reflected back toward its source, revealing surprising effects ...

Last year marked the 270th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s lightning rod — but it’s more than a relic of history. The Franklin rod remains in use today because the simple design exploits some ...

STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) - A trio of American, French and Canadian scientists won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for breakthroughs in laser technology that have turned light beams into ...