Aerosols are tiny particles of liquid or solid material that drift through the air and are constantly present in our surroundings. Some are big enough to spot, like spring pollen, while others, ...

Using lasers as tweezers to understand cloud electrification might sound like science fiction, but at the Institute of ...

In a lab filled with bouncing green lasers and an anti-vibration table that hums a soft, squishy sound, the researchers used ...

Researchers from McMaster University and the University of Pittsburgh have created the first functionally complete logic gate ...

The four beams produced bright artificial “stars," which act as guides to help astronomers correct for the distortions caused ...

With the help of carbon nanotubes and laser light, this machine can create immensely powerful X-rays on a microchip, ...

Researchers built a computer that performs AI calculations at light speed in a single shot. The breakthrough can help AI ...

China’s rumored laser rifle has become a Rorschach test for modern military reporting, a story that reveals more about how ...

Researchers in Austria have entangled matter-based qubits with photonic qubits in a ten-ion system. The technique is scalable to larger ion-qubit registers, paving the way for the creation of larger ...

For decades, scientists have sought ways to compress the tools of optical science – lasers, lenses, mirrors – onto chips that fit on a fingertip. Such ...