In high-intensity laser–matter interactions, including laser-induced particle acceleration, physicists generally want to work ...

The ability to collect this experimental data in very hot, dense, star-like plasma will help researchers validate and improve ...

Superionic water—the hot, black and strangely conductive form of ice that exists in the center of distant planets—was ...

In this video, a powerful laser is tested on different colored balloons with surprising results. A black balloon pops almost instantly under the laser beam, while a white or clear balloon resists ...

Physicists at MIT recreated the double-slit experiment using individual photons and atoms held in laser light, uncovering the true limits of light’s wave–particle duality. Their results proved ...

In a discovery that could reshape how we view and understand the human brain, researchers have successfully passed a laser beam through an entire human head. While it may sound like science fiction, ...

The first light to pass through a human head may mark the start of a brain scan revolution. In a discovery that could reshape how we view and understand the human brain, researchers have successfully ...

A new diamond anvil cell experimental approach has been implemented at the European x-ray Free Electron Laser, combining pulsed laser heating with MHz x-ray diffraction. Here, we use this setup to ...

The ZEUS laser facility at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has roughly doubled the peak power of any other laser in the United States, with its first official experiment at 2 petawatts (2 ...

The world’s only net-positive fusion experiment has been steadily ramping up the amount of power it produces, TechCrunch has learned. In recent attempts, the team at the U.S. Department of Energy’s ...