To explore these particle interactions, the researchers trapped up to five particles using optical tweezers. They then m…

The deuteron — just like the proton — is smaller than previously thought

The deuteron is smaller than previous measurements have found. A deuteron is a very simple atomic nucleus made up of jus…

The E-ELT will have a segmented main mirror with a diameter of 39 m and a light collection area of almost

Scientists work on an alternative to carry data

Küppers is now offering an alternative – a laser diode that can be tuned in wavelength. The wavelength emitted by the di…

A research team led by a Heriot-Watt scientist has shown that the universe is even weirder than had previously been thought.

A new experiment by an international team led by Heriot-Watt’s Dr Alessandro Fedrizzi has now found that the universe is…

Solution Will Enable Autonomous Driving

Innoviz recognized that the optimal sensing solution for Autonomous Vehicles is the LiDAR, a laser based sensor providin…

When sound is directed into the tube at one end, high-frequency components of the sound escape out of the tube through t…

Metal-Organic Frameworks with a Piggyback Structure Open up New Possibilities for Solar Cells and LEDs – Publication in the Advanced Materials Scientific Journal

The upconversion of photons allows for a more efficient use of light: Two photons are converted into a single photon hav…

Scientists at the MPQ (Garching) and MPIPKS (Dresden) have developed a novel technique to let atoms interact over large distances.

In the laboratory, the physicists start the experiment by creating an ultracold gas of the alkali metal rubidium-87 with…

ICFO study achieves unprecedented ultra-sensitive force measurements with multilayer graphene optomechanical devices.

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, ICFO researchers have achieved unprecedented ultra-sensitive measu…

Scientists from Russia and Australia put forward a simple new way of counting microscopic particles in optical materials…

The research is expected to result in a new class of device technologies with previously inaccessible attributes and mer…

A group of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology researchers in Germany report using 3-D direct laser writing based on two-photon polymerization as a tool to fabricate custom-made probes for atomic force microscopy

A group of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology researchers in Germany report using 3-D direct laser writing based on two-p…

Make practical quantum optimization one step closer to reality

The researchers believe that this work is an important step in eliminating a bottleneck for scalable quantum optimizatio…

Researchers have built a record energy-efficient switch, which uses the interplay of electricity and a liquid form of li…

Built-in optics could enable chips that use trapped ions as quantum bits.

Ram and Karan Mehta, an MIT graduate student in electrical engineering and first author on the new paper, designed and b…

A new spin-out from DTU has recently marketed a sensor system allowing you to monitor activity inside concrete structures from your desk.

The new sensor is connected to a light source and a light analyser. When transmitting laser light into the fibre, the li…

Unlike most telescope mirrors made of glass or aluminum, this particular optic is made of carbon nanotubes embedded in a…

The key to their results was the use of a specific exotic laser beam—called a ring-Airy beam—to generate a THz wave that…

Researchers have predicted that artificial defects in the crystal lattice of diamond can be turned into ultrabright and…