Among the first experiments at the National Synchrotron Light Source II--NSLS-II, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility located at DOE's Brookhaven National ...

Oxford researchers working at an advanced lab in France have achieved a fusion energy breakthrough with experiments that are fast, violent, and fit for an episode of Star Trek, at least judging by the ...

How do plants use sunlight to make their own food? We use light for more than just to see. We can use light’s energy to make electricity, clean water, even dry our clothes. Plants use sunlight to make ...

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking technique called RAVEN that can capture the full complexity of an ultra-intense laser pulse in a single shot—something previously thought nearly impossible.

Scientists at a leading research institution have achieved a groundbreaking feat by altering the fundamental properties of ...

TL;DR: This experiment may not revolutionize telecommunications, but it highlights how accessible these concepts have become outside traditional research labs. Using nothing more than an iPad, a solar ...

Lasers that emit extremely short light pulses are highly precise and are used in manufacturing, medical applications, and ...

Most of us can relate to being worried about inflation: we are all concerned about the cost of living and what our political leaders are doing to address it. Sometimes, I have to remind myself that we ...

Researchers are shining a light on cancer cells' energy centers -- literally -- to damage these power sources and trigger widespread cancer cell death. In a new study, scientists combined strategies ...