Scientists Superheated Gold to 14 Times Its Melting Point and It Remained Solid
Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory It’s not easy to surprise physicists with a phase change. Yet when…
New virtual reality arcade brings something new to the Triad
You can soon escape the city of Winston-Salem without even having to leave.Winston-Salem’s new virtual reality arcade, called…
A clever glass trick fixes the decade-old photonic crystal laser problem
Photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser (PCSEL) is a promising technology that can completely revolutionize what lasers can achieve. Such a…
EU Project ELENA Pioneers LNOI Platform for Next-Gen Photonic Circuits & Europe’s 1st Commercial Supplier of LNOI Wafers
Date Announced: 23 Jun 2025 Capacity to Deliver Millions of TFLN Chips Annually ‘Firmly Positions Europe as a…
A YouTuber just made the world’s most powerful handheld laser
YouTuber Drake Anthony, who goes by “styropyro,” has created what he claims is the world’s strongest handheld laser.…
HS Genetics Point Toward the Hair Growth Cycle
A missense variant in WNT10A detected by a recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) in hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) suggested…
British Army revamp puts lasers and drone swarms on the front line
The British Army is ramping up its investment in modern weaponry such as drones and lasers as part…
World’s strongest handheld laser built by YouTuber is super powerful
YouTuber and inventor Styropyro has built and tested a 250-watt handheld laser device. The system is roughly 50,000…
Chinese laser can read letters size of a sesame seed from a mile away
Imagine standing on one side of a large valley and being able to read a label on a…
Laser-plasma accelerator breakthrough achieves 100 shots per second
Scientists at DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) have moved closer toward developing compact, powerful particle accelerators. They have successfully used…