A researcher explains developments in using light rather than electrons to transmit information securely and quickly, even over long distances.
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Build a powerful enough laser, and you can shine it into space. Aim it well, and you can blind satellites.
Laser-cooling enables new measurements that could explain why antimatter is so scarce in our universe.
The winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics says scientists shouldn’t feel pressured to do research that has economic or commercial ramifications. Science for the sake of science is more important.
An astronomer suggests an idea to piggyback on the ambitious Breakthrough Starshot project that aims to send nano spacecraft to Alpha Centauri at a major fraction of the speed of light.
Shaped light enables deeper imaging of biological samples under the microscope and avoids damage to the tissue.
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