Texas A&M researchers used lasers to lift and steer tiny objects, a step toward future interstellar propulsion systems.

Researchers from Skoltech and the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics have developed an approach that helps ...

MIT researchers discovered a paradoxical phenomenon in optical physics that could enable a new bioimaging method that's ...

Scientists have created tiny “optical tornadoes” — swirling beams of light that twist like miniature whirlwinds — using a ...

When lasers were invented in the 1960s, they opened new avenues for scientific discovery and everyday applications from scanners at the grocery store to corrective eye surgery. Conventional lasers ...

Texas A&M’s annual Physics and Engineering Festival is set for Saturday, March 28, at the Mitchell Physics Building, featuring live demonstrations and hands-on experiments for all ages from 10:30 a.m.

Step onto the most extreme exoplanet ever discovered—WASP 121b. Temperatures reach 5,432°F as scorching winds tear apart water molecules, forming showers of liquid rubies and sapphires. Discover how ...

Mazak Optonics Corporation’s Lz Series -2D Laser Processing Machines from its new OPTONICS brand features higher power levels and table sizes that allows for the production of larger work pieces.

Dyad AI from JuliaHub is bringing an AI-for-Science environment to product development. Users can model and interrogate systems, research formulations, derive governing equations, assemble models, run ...

Military research into high-energy laser systems aims to replace or supplement conventional munitions with precision, speed-of-light engagement. This documentary examines power generation challenges, ...

Tech investors haven’t given up on the dream of making physical products with the same speed and ease as coding software. Executives at Freeform, a startup developing a novel 3D-printing system for ...