In a striking glimpse into extreme physics, scientists have captured the split-second chaos that unfolds when powerful laser ...

Ultrafast lasers tracked plasma formation and ionization in copper with picosecond precision. Results show rapid ion growth ...

True to the so-called “middle child” of generations, wedged between attention-hogging boomers and their millennial offspring, ...

It has the capability to measure shiny, reflective and transparent surfaces, such as glass, for example, for automated optical inspection, for manufacturers of mobile phones, camera and eyewear lenses ...

Lasers cut precisely and without contact—ideal for surgery. The problem is that in hard tissues such as bone, they are too slow and do not cut deep enough. Researchers at the University of Basel have ...

The United States military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone, members of Congress said, and the Federal Aviation Administration responded by closing more airspace near ...

Israel says its new laser defense system is being expanded this year for use on wheeled vehicles and helicopters, with an airborne version capable of shooting down ballistic missiles expected within a ...

Scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have, for the first time, demonstrated a technique that synchronizes ultrashort X-ray pulses at the X-ray free-electron laser SwissFEL. This achievement ...

At SwissFEL, PSI researchers demonstrated a technique known as mode-locking, which allows fully coherent, ultrashort X-ray pulses to be produced. In the photo, several undulator modules are visible ...