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Physicists create millimeter-sized 'Bohr atom' (7/1/2008)

Physicists create millimeter-sized 'Bohr atom'Experiment yields closest analog yet for classic atomic model ...> Full Article


Researchers demonstrate super-sensitive explosives detector (6/28/2008)

Using a laser and a device that converts reflected light into sound, researchers can detect explosives at distances exceeding 20 yards. ...> Full Article



Trap and zap: Harnessing the power of light to pattern surfaces on the nanoscale (6/21/2008)

Trap and zap: Harnessing the power of light to pattern surfaces on the nanoscaleengineers have invented an affordable technique that uses lasers and plastic beads to create the ultrasmall features that are needed for new generations of microchips. ...> Full Article



The crack as a tool (6/2/2008)

The crack as a toolScientists using thermal cracking to 'cut' glass ...> Full Article



New unifying theory of lasers advanced by physicists (5/28/2008)

New unifying theory of lasers advanced by physicistsResearchers at Yale and the Institute of Quantum Electronics have formulated a theory that, allows scientists to better understand and predict the properties of both conventional and non-conventional lasers ...> Full Article



Bright sparks make gains towards plastic lasers of the future (5/24/2008)

Bright sparks make gains towards plastic lasers of the futureResearchers have come one step closer to finding the 'holy grail' in the field of plastic semiconductors by demonstrating a class of material that could make electrically-driven plastic laser diodes a reality. ...> Full Article



Hotter than the Sun....petawatt lasers heat solid density matter to 10 million degrees (5/17/2008)

Hotter than the Sun....petawatt lasers heat solid density matter to 10 million degreesA milestone in high energy density science has been reached by an international team of physicists from Japan, the EU and the US ...> Full Article


Laser triggers electrical activity in thunderstorm for the first time (4/17/2008)

Device on mountaintop takes first step toward manmade lightning ...> Full Article



Most Powerful Laser in the World Fires Up (4/10/2008)

Most Powerful Laser in the World Fires UpLaser reaches greater than one petawatt of laser power ...> Full Article



Innovative Atom Trap Catches Highly Magnetic Atoms (4/3/2008)

Innovative Atom Trap Catches Highly Magnetic AtomsA research team has succeeded in cooling atoms of a rare-earth element, erbium, to within two millionths of a degree of absolute zero using a novel trapping and laser cooling technique. Their recent report* is a major step towards a capability to capture, cool and manipulate individual atoms of erbium, an element with unique optical properties that promises highly sensitive nanoscale force or magnetic sensors, as well as single-photon sources and amplifiers at telecommunications wavelengths. It also may have applications in quantum computing devices. ...> Full Article


Research brings terahertz closer to everyday use (4/2/2008)

Researchers have recorded the highest operating temperature for a terahertz quantum cascade laser ...> Full Article


Ultra-fast, ultra-intense laser has clean-cut advantage (3/15/2008)

Ultra-fast, ultra-intense laser has clean-cut advantageLaser lab will enable researchers to change the face of medicine ...> Full Article


$17 million grant supports predictive science and supernovae research (3/11/2008)

By simulating and studying supernovae, a new center at the University of Michigan aims to advance predictive science. ...> Full Article


Controlling most atoms now possible (3/8/2008)

Scientists open up new avenues of research using atomic coilguns and lasers ...> Full Article


New laser beam believed to set record for intensity (2/16/2008)

New laser beam believed to set record for intensityIf you could hold a giant magnifying glass in space and focus all the sunlight shining toward Earth onto one grain of sand, that concentrated ray would approach the intensity of a new laser beam made in a University of Michigan laboratory. ...> Full Article


Taking ULTRA molecular fingerprints (2/3/2008)

A new laser under development at the Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire will enable UK bio scientists to monitor biological processes at a millionth of a millionth of a second. ...> Full Article


Researchers Use Musical Chords To Analyze And Illustrate Hydrogen Molecule's Response To Laser Pulses (2/2/2008)

For Kansas State University physics professor Uwe Thumm, confirmation of a theory about the behavior of small molecules became music to his ears -- literally. He and colleagues in Heidelberg, Germany, have shown how a hydrogen molecule responds to laser pulses by using the changing musical chord created by the molecule's vibrational motion. ...> Full Article


Scientists Dramatically Improve Soft X-Ray Lasers With Discovery (1/23/2008)

Scientists Dramatically Improve Soft X-Ray Lasers With DiscoveryColorado State University scientists have found a way to dramatically improve the quality of laser light at extremely short wavelengths, according to a paper that was published Sunday online by Nature Photonics. ...> Full Article


Discovery cuts cost of next generation optical fibres (1/18/2008)

Discovery cuts cost of next generation optical fibresScientists have discovered a way of speeding up the production of hollow-core optical fibres - a new generation of optical fibres that could lead to faster and more powerful computing and telecommunications technologies. ...> Full Article


Ultrafast optical shutter is switched entirely by laser light (12/8/2007)

A new study reports that a laser can be used to switch a film of vanadium dioxide back and forth between reflective and transparent states without heating or cooling it. ...> Full Article


Shedding new light on climate change (10/27/2007)

Shedding new light on climate changeMore efficient lighting, lasers to observe the earth from space, and solar power - just some of the ways that the study of light can impact on climate change and a cutting edge area of the discipline of photonics. ...> Full Article

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