Editor’s Picks

41. Polarizers May Enhance Remote Chemical Detection 3/13/2009
    Chemists can analyze the composition of a suspected bomb -- without actually touching and possibly detonating it -- using a technique called laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, or LIBS.
42. Stanford Biologists Watch RNA Fold In Real Time 10/26/2012

    In a soundproofed, vibration-stabilized, temperature-controlled room, Stanford biophysicist Steven Block was watching a very small origami project.

43. Lasers Etch A 'Perfect' Solar Energy Absorber 2/4/2020

    The University of Rochester research lab that recently used lasers to create unsinkable metallic structures has now demonstrated how the same technology could be used to create highly efficient solar power generators.

44. From Theory To Reality: $5.5 Million Grant Funds Research Into Negative Index Materials 6/6/2006
    Kent State University researchers are leading a team of scientists from eight institutions, who have been awarded a $5.5 million Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to study self-assembled, soft optical negative index materials...
45. JILA Finds Flaw In Model Describing DNA Elasticity 9/17/2007
    DNA, the biomolecule that provides the blueprint for life, has a lesser-known identity as a stretchy polymer. JILA scientists have found a flaw in the most common model for DNA elasticity, a discovery that will improve the accuracy of single-molecule research and perhaps pave the way for DNA to become an official standard for measuring picoscale forces
46. Specialised Imaging Ltd. Win Prestigious Engineering Award 10/6/2009
    Specialised Imaging Ltd. has received the 2009 Small Company Of The Year Award at the British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEA) held in London, UK.
47. 100 Shots Per Second 4/17/2025

    Laser-plasma accelerators can accelerate particles over distances that are up to 1000 times shorter than those required by conventional accelerators.

48. World's Smallest Radio Fits In The Palm Of The Hand ... Of An Ant 11/5/2007
    Harnessing the electrical and mechanical properties of the carbon nanotube, a team of researchers has crafted a working radio from a single fiber of that material
49. Corning Delivers ABL Mirror to Contraves 4/14/1999
    Corning Inc. (Corning, NY) delivered a 62-in. blank for the system's primary mirror to optical subcontractor Contraves Brashear Systems...
50. Fraunhofer ILT And TRUMPF Offer Joint Solutions For Laser Material Deposition 1/13/2022

    The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen and TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH from Ditzingen have signed a cooperation agreement. They want to cooperate more closely in the field of Laser Material Deposition and accelerate the transfer of the technology to industry. Customers will benefit from the unique combination of world-leading laser system technology and many years of application-specific process know-how.