Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter believed to be everywhere, outnumbering regular matter (what we're made of) 5-to-1. It doesn’t emit or interact with light, so it is invisible to our ...

Scientists have taken a bold step toward understanding dark matter, the invisible force shaping the cosmos. Using atomic ...

Founded in 2006, this Scottish start-up wants to become ‘the world's most important photonics and quantum technology company’ ...

Arthur Ashkin has won half the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics, while Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland ... a technique to stretch and amplify beams of light, leading to boosts in laser power. The ...

Scientists in Florence have built a device that allows them to study quantum and classical physics side by side. Using ...

Ph.D., P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, Solid State and Laser Physics I am a USSR-born naturalized American scholar serving as University Professor of Physics and director of ...

Millot and colleagues squeezed a mixture of hydrogen and helium between two diamonds and hit the concoction with a powerful laser to compress it even further. As the pressure and temperature ...

The development of laser–plasma accelerators began in the ... by high-energy particles is a major subject in radiation physics and in nuclear technology, with implications on nuclear reactor ...

“By testing the lasers’ performance both before and after this process ... recycling in the same way we do with commercial batteries today,” he tells Physics World. “We may even see a future where ...

Diddams was part of a team led by JILA's Jan Hall that first pioneered frequency comb lasers in the late 1990s. Hall would go on to win a Nobel Prize in Physics for this work in 2005. As these ...

Let’s take a closer look at why that fusion announcement is exciting and why laser-based fusion may, or may not be, the future of energy generation. Undecided with Matt Ferrell Posted: January ...