Muons are unstable subatomic particles that spontaneously and rapidly transform into other particles via a process known as ...
Physicists are learning to carve laser beams into intricate shapes that can grab hold of electrons and push them with a ...
When the green laser encounters atoms along its path through the crystal, it gives the electrons in those atoms a bit of extra energy. In their high-energy state, those electrons can absorb blue light ...
Scientists have directly demonstrated for the first time how laser beams modify the conditions of a plasma, addressing one of the challenges in the longstanding quest to achieve fusion. New research ...
A new study assesses the risk of space-based solar power satellites damaging nearby orbital space infrastructure with ...
A new partnership between Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) in Germany looks to perfect the amplifiers used in laser-based fusion ...
Researchers have encoded a picture of a cat into a single laser beam, demonstrating a simple system that can create detailed images within a beam of light. This technique could be used to more ...