When two black holes merge or two neutron stars collide, gravitational waves can be generated. They spread at the speed of ...

When two black holes merge or two neutron stars collide, gravitational waves can be generated. They spread at the speed of ...

'Laser' is an acronym for 'light amplification by the stimulation emission of radiation'. Its theoretical basis was postulated by Albert Einstein. The first tooth exposed to laser light was in 1960.

Researchers have found that under certain conditions, a laser beam can act like an opaque object and cast a shadow, opening new possibilities for technologies that could use a laser beam to control ...

Engineers are turning what used to be a bulky optics bench into something that fits on the tip of a finger, and the latest ...

A research team from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has succeeded in exciting the atomic ...

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay have found a way to use light to control and read tiny quantum ...

THE magnificent tail display of a peacock is one of nature's most recognisable spectacles, with their iridescent blue and ...

Lasers are known for the monochromatic nature of their light, so much so that you might never have thought there could be such a thing as a white laser. But in the weird world of physics, a lot of ...

It’s a rare person who can pick up a cheap laser pointer and not wield it like a lightsaber or a phaser, complete with sound effects. There’s just something about the “pew-pew” factor that makes ...