Casimir cavities are mysterious spaces between microscopic metal plates in a vacuum. Areas of diminished energy between the plates cause them to push toward each other, as if trying to fill the ...

For more than 60 years, scientists have been scanning the skies for signs of intelligent life beyond Earth. Using powerful telescopes, they have searched for unusual radio signals, brief laser flashes ...

Literature is a huge part of our entertainment industry. Throughout history, books have endured as the oldest form of ...

The researchers used a laser pulse (blue) to change the polarity of a ferromagnetic state in a special material consisting of twisted atomic layers (red). Credit: Enrique Sahagún, Scixel / University ...

The future arrived on December 28, 2025 as the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced that Iron Beam became the first high-energy tactical laser weapon to be fully integrated and cleared for operations ...

Funny dog Maymo play one of his favorite games—chasing around a laser beam. A hooded alien first approaches Maymo with a sword, which the cute dog tears apart in seconds...so the alien decides to grab ...

The Iron Beam laser system is now being fielded by Israel. (Israel Ministry of Defense) JERUSALEM – Israel has officially conscripted its new SIGMA 155 self-propelled howitzer and Iron Beam laser ...

Israel’s Iron Beam system, which intercepts missiles with lasers, will be delivered to the IDF for initial operational use at the end of the month, Brig.-Gen. (res.) Daniel Gold, head of the Israeli ...

Forward-looking: Columbia University researchers have developed a compact photonics chip capable of producing dozens of laser wavelengths from a single high-power source, a breakthrough that could ...

Abstract: As a type of optical phased array technology, phased fiber laser array (PFLA) manipulates the phase of multiple beams to achieve high-power laser output and high-speed beam control. In this ...