Can a device with a footprint not larger than half of a desktop produce power a few dozen times higher than that generated by all nuclear power stations worldwide? A compact new generation o... Read more
An experiment by a UKZN student has put South Africa at the forefront of scientific research. On Tuesday the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research unveiled the world’s very fi... Read more
Once a James Bond fantasy, diamond-based lasers are now becoming a reality. Ground-breaking research is harnessing the unique properties of diamonds to develop a new generation of lasers tha... Read more
Experiments suggest that the carbon sheets can produce beams in broad range of colors Graphene, hailed as one of the thinnest, strongest and most conductive materials ever found, seems to ha... Read more
Engineering researchers at the University of Michigan have demonstrated a paradigm-shifting “polariton” laser that’s fueled not by light, but by electricity. Polaritons are... Read more
An international team of physicists has proposed a revolutionary laser system, inspired by the telecommunications technology, to produce the next generation of particle accelerators, such as... Read more