Ring laser tracks Earth’s axial wobble 100 times more accurately
Scientists in Germany have used a highly sensitive underground ring laser to track Earth’s axial wobble without relying…
Man Pleads Guilty to Pointing Laser at LAPD Chopper During Downtown Protests
A 21-year-old transient from Riverside County pleaded guilty Thursday to aiming a laser pointer at a Los Angeles…
Astrophysicist Proposes Interstellar Mission to Study Black Holes
In a new paper published in the journal iScience, an astrophysicist from Fudan University discusses the possibility of…
Urbandale’s ‘little monster’ gets geese to move safely, saving taxpayers money
On a summer day in Urbandale’s Lake View Park, about a dozen Canada geese lounge next to the…
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…