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  1. 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.

  2. Rice Scientists Uncover Quantum Surprise: Matter Mediates Ultrastrong Coupling Between Light Particles 4/17/2025

    A team of Rice University researchers has developed a new way to control light interactions using a specially engineered structure called a 3D photonic-crystal cavity.

  3. Turning Down Starlight To Spot New Exoplanets 4/17/2025

    Researchers have developed a new coronagraph — an optical device that blocks out light from a bright source — that could make it possible to see distant exoplanets obscured by light from their parent stars.

  4. UQ Researchers Set New Solar Cell World Record 4/16/2025

    University of Queensland researchers have set a world record for solar cell efficiency with eco-friendly perovskite technology.

  5. AkzoNobel Bonds With IPG Photonics Over Laser Curing For Powder Coatings 4/16/2025

    The groundbreaking process involves calibrating the company’s Interpon powder coating formulations for optimal results with laser curing solutions from IPG. This will offer a faster and more energy efficient alternative to conventional curing methods.

  6. Copper Metallized TOPCon Solar Cell Achieves Efficiency Milestone 4/16/2025

    Bert Thin Films, Inc. announced today that it has achieved a 24% power conversion efficiency with their patented CuBert copper pastes on a tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) M10 solar cell.

  7. A Pioneering Spectrometer For Hard X-Rays 4/16/2025

    Researchers at the European XFEL have developed a new device for X-ray measurements at high photon energies–a so-called Laue spectrometer.

  8. Ultrafast Multivalley Optical Switching In Germanium For High-Speed Computing And Communications 4/16/2025

    Multicolored optical switching is essential for potential advancements in telecommunication and optical computing.

  9. A Compact, Mid-Infrared Pulse Generator 4/16/2025

    Physicists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have created a compact laser that emits extremely bright, short pulses of light in a useful but difficult-to-achieve wavelength range, packing the performance of larger photonic devices onto a single chip.

  10. PsiQuantum Announces $10.8M Contract With Air Force Research Laboratory To Deliver Novel Quantum Chip Capabilities To The U.S. Air Force 4/15/2025

    PsiQuantum today announced a $10.8M contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y., continuing a partnership that began in 2022.