AZoOptics

Optical Coherence Beyond Lasers: New Models for Partially Coherent Light

Optical coherence extends beyond lasers, with partially coherent light enhancing imaging, communication, and photonic ...
Interesting Engineering

US scientists use laser whisk to create advanced alloys for jets, nuclear reactors

New laser-stirring technique helps 3D printers create hard-to-make high-entropy metal alloys.Argonne National Laboratory Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have ...
Phys.org

'Atom Camera' maps laser light at nanoscale using a single ultracold atom

A research group led by Assistant Professor Takafumi Tomita and Professor Kenji Ohmori at the Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, has developed a new microscopy ...
The Verge

You can print, slice, and engrave using this desktop crafting machine

xTool’s new M2 can handle a variety of projects and uses two cameras to auto-adjust settings for different materials. xTool’s new M2 can handle a variety of projects and uses two cameras to ...
Flying

FAA, Pentagon Clear Use of Anti-Drone Laser System

The FAA and Defense Department concluded that high-energy lasers used to target drones do not pose an "undue risk" to passenger aircraft. The agencies stated that proper safety controls are in place, ...
The Hill

FAA, Pentagon declare antidrone laser system safe after El Paso airport shutdown

The U.S. government can now use a counterdrone laser along the southern border after the Pentagon and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agreed the weapons are safe, the two agencies announced ...
Stars and Stripes

Military, FAA reach agreement on how to use counter-drone laser along southwest border

Military and aviation safety officials have finished a safety assessment of the use of lasers to counter drones along the U.S. border with Mexico and found a way to move forward that will keep air ...
Nanowerk

Laser-stitched graphene patterns enable precise flexible biosensors

Engineers use laser patterning and iron-oxide ink to control graphene growth on polymers, creating flexible microelectrodes that detect dopamine and serotonin. The research opens new opportunities for ...
AZOM

Advancing Laser Diffraction: Integrating Imaging, Robustness, and Automation With the Litesizer DIF

insights from industryDr. Aleksandra Mitrovic & Andreas WagnerProduct Manager / Product SpecialistAnton Paar GmbH In this interview, AZoMaterials speaks with Dr. Aleksandra Mitrovic, Global Product ...
The New York Times

Pentagon Weighs Using Anti-Drone Lasers in Washington Airspace

Sightings of drones around Fort McNair, the Army base where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio live, have prompted consideration of deploying the new technology. By Kate ...
Harvard Business Review

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...
Nature

Determining the grain orientations of battery materials from electron diffraction patterns using convolutional neural networks

Many modern functional devices, like batteries, solar cells or fuel cells, consist of an agglomeration of individual crystallites. The efficiency of the respective device depends largely on the ...