How a Photographer’s Viral Laser Shot Broke the Internet and His Camera
Artist and photographer Alexander Newman Hall went viral recently for a laser photo he created for a multimedia…
Nanotube design could shrink particle accelerators to hair-thin size
New research suggests that particle accelerators capable of generating intense, coherent X-rays, which are typically produced only at…
Lasers in the field: Iron Beam clears last test before operational use
JERSUALEM — Israel has completed a series of key tests on its Iron Beam laser air defense system,…
Physicists Introduce Concept of Neutrino Laser
Super-cooling radioactive atoms could produce a laser-like neutrino beam, according to a duo of physicists from MIT and…
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…