MIT technique can shrink objects down to the nanoscale
The technique can produce structures one-thousandth the size of the originals.
Tag: laser
Ultrafast laser bursts generate electricity faster than anything we know
A beautiful example of theory and experiment working together to advance science.
World’s first continuous room-temperature maser open door to new applications
A major breakthrough in physics.
China deems blasting space junk with a laser station is feasible
It's a super James Bond-esque idea.
New 3D Radar mapping system could revolutionize rescue missions
Capable of mapping environments in 3D and distinguishing between materials, it could help save a lot of lives.
First operational laser weapon set to safeguard US ships from menacing drones
Blowing stuff up at the speed of light.
Computer chip can mimic human neurons using only beams of light
Just MIT doing a bit of light thinking.
Spiders are just like cats: they too like chasing laser pointers
It's better than Batman.
Sci-fi buffs everywhere, rejoyce! The UK military is developing laser weapons
The prototype should be delivered in 2019.
High-power lasers create ‘smoke rings’ that travel along the beam with the speed of light
Smoke on the light, fire in the sky.
What touching Fairy Holograms in mid-air looks like
Most people would love to a holographic display in their rooms, and seriously you might not have to wait too ...
Forget about razor blades – it’s time to welcome the laser razor
Despite manufacturers have tirelessly designed new types of razor blades for a cleaner shave, the process has stayed virtually unchanged ...
The world’s most powerful laser weapon — blasts a car from a mile away!
A 30KW high-power laser was demonstrated by Lockheed Martin after it was used to disable a vehicle more than a ...
The world’s most powerful laser could put the Death Star to shame
Japan just powered up the world's most powerful laser, a monster that shines a 2-petawatt pulse of light. The pulse ...
ISS astronauts could use laser cannon to blast off hazardous space junk
Astronauts onboard the ISS may soon get a new "toy" - a space laser cannon to blast off space debris ...
Rice grain-sized laser helps build the first quantum computer
Princeton researchers demonstrated a novel type of microwave laser - called a maser - so small that's the size of ...
Laser weapon demonstrated aboard US Navy ship – the weapons of the future
Shells and bullets have evolved significantly in the past couple hundred years since they were first used, but in principle ...
Infrared light can be detected by the human eye after all
The human retina can only detect incident light that falls in waves 400 to 720 nanometers long, so we can't see ...
New camera for ultrafast photography shoots one hundred billion frames per second
High speed photography is no longer a new thing... but then again, it depends what you mean by high speed ...
Coldest atom cloud in the world chills other matter close to absolute zero
For the first time, researchers at the University of Basel used an ultracool atomic gas to cool a very thin ...
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