Law enforcement officers can now use a laser-enabled device to decode drug composition without even opening the bag – soon, the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office could get one of its very own. The ...

Researchers turn waste almond shells into biodegradable graphene sensors, offering a sustainable alternative for environmental and agricultural monitoring.

New method promises enhanced understanding of chemical reactions and material properties by applying a Nobel-prize winning technique in spectroscopy.

How can operators detect pipeline threats before they become costly failures? This article explores how distributed ...

With a novel approach to X-ray spectroscopy, researchers are now able to capture detailed, ultrafast snapshots of electron ...

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"One current method to narrow laser linewidth uses Brillouin lasers, where sound waves interact with light; but the effect is relatively weak, typically narrowing by only tens to hundreds of times," ...

Multi-wavelength light sources are required for optical transceivers to increase data. However, scaling the laser array size ...

Lasers that are fabricated directly onto silicon photonic chips offer several advantages over external laser sources, such as ...

The ring design has potential applications in telecommunications, medicine, and other fields. Scientists from the (SEAS), in collaboration with the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), have deve ...

Scientists have cracked a century-old physics mystery by detecting magnetic signals in non-magnetic metals using only light ...

A team of researchers has finally detected hidden magnetism in non-magnetic metals using only laser light—solving a 150-year ...