Texas A&M researchers used lasers to lift and steer tiny objects, a step toward future interstellar propulsion systems.

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After a surprising discovery that overcomes a longstanding problem in fiber optics, MIT researchers demonstrated a biomedical ...

A team at Japan’s RIKEN research institute has figured out how to flip a quantum switch that controls the flow of phonons, ...

Discover how a self-organizing “pencil beam” laser could allow for faster and more precise biomedical imaging.

A tiny, first-of-its-kind, nanoscale demonstration shows how we could one day send a spacecraft to another star, within a ...

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MIT researchers discovered a paradoxical phenomenon in optical physics that could enable a new bioimaging method that's ...

Warsaw [Poland], April 26 (ANI): Scientists have created tiny “optical tornadoes” — swirling beams of light that twist like miniature whirlwinds — using a surprisingly simple setup based on liquid ...