There are many different types of lasers—almost as many as there are applications for the same—but what ties them all together as a class is that they depend on the same physical effect: stimulated ...

The Royal Swedish Academy of Science has awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier for work that's "given humanity new tools for exploring the world ...

The subatomic particles called neutrinos are famously elusive. But an unconventional trick could make a laser beam of the aloof particles.

Join us as we step inside the AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System to examine how this directed-energy platform functions, its tactical uses, and the strategic implications for naval defense. We break down ...

When you shine a flashlight into a glass of water, the beam bends. That simple observation, familiar since ancient times, ...

Neuroscientists are zeroing in on how special kinds of brain cells help us see things that aren't actually there.