A robot automatically identifies weeds in a field and combats them with a short laser pulse. Sustainable agriculture, which avoids the use of herbicides as far as possible, could benefit fro... Read more
Berkeley Lab scientists say marriage opens door to development of single device with exceptional range of optical capabilities Bringing opposing forces together in one place is as challengin... Read more
White light from lasers demonstrates data speeds of up to 2 GB/s A nanocrystalline material that rapidly makes white light out of blue light has been developed by KAUST researchers. While Wi... Read more
Cancer treatments based on laser irridation of tiny nanoparticles that are injected directly into the cancer tumor are working and can destroy the cancer from within. Researchers from the Ni... Read more
A new technique, developed at EPFL, combines microfluidics and lasers to guide cells in 3D space, overcoming major limitations to tissue engineering. Future medicine is bound to include exte... Read more
A new class of lasers developed by a team that included physics researchers at Kansas State University could help scientists measure distances to faraway targets, identify the presence of ce... Read more
China is well-known for investing in technological advancements – from space explorations to military warfare. In its latest groundbreaking invention, soldiers are now in possession of Star... Read more
“Sometimes the great discoveries are looking right at us and waiting.” Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a nano-sized optical antenna that can greatly enhance the spontane... Read more
University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated what’s believed to be the first practical polariton laser, which makes light beams in a more efficient way than conventional lasers... Read more
New drug delivery method targets cancer cells – not the entire body – and limits chemotherapy side effects Chemotherapeutic drugs excel at fighting cancer, but they’re not so efficient at ge... Read more
Zapping fakes with lasers FROM banknotes to bottles of Bordeaux and Vans shoes to Viagra, good forgeries can be hard to detect—even for experts. The difficulty is finding a quick and reliabl... Read more
Car engines could soon be fired by lasers instead of spark plugs, researchers say. A team at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics will report on 1 May that they have designed lasers t... Read more
The researchers say their breakthrough marks a major advance toward applications in the biomedical, communications and computing fields. Read more
A non-toxic and environmentally friendly way to make tiny nanorods of zinc oxide has been developed for the first time by researchers in Saudi Arabia. Read more
