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Patricia Daukantas | 18 October 2017
Shrimp-mimicking system records both color and polarization imaging data with a single chip read more
Stewart Wills | 16 October 2017
With the first detection of both gravitational and electromagnetic radiation from a single cosmic event, a new era of sky observation officially begins. read more
Stewart Wills | 13 October 2017
Researchers in China develop silicone fiber–based sensor that can measure extensions up to 100 percent, compatible with monitoring human-scale motions. read more
Sarah Michaud | 11 October 2017
Intracellular light-activated nanoparticles could be enlisted to improve antibiotics’ ability to kill drug-resistant bacteria. read more
Stewart Wills | 09 October 2017
Packing a Fermi gas of strontium atoms into a dense 3-D optical lattice dramatically reduces atom–atom interactions—and increases clock precision by an order of magnitude. read more
Patricia Daukantas | 04 October 2017
University of Rochester researchers devise a setup for generating broadband terahertz radiation from liquid water excited by femtosecond laser pulses. read more
Stewart Wills | 04 October 2017
Technique of cryo-EM could provide dramatically improved view of the structure and function of biomolecules. read more
Stewart Wills | 03 October 2017
Trio is cited “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.” read more
Stewart Wills | 02 October 2017
At the OSA Laser Congress in Japan, Robert Byer looked at the genesis of the lasers that form the heart of Advanced LIGO—and hinted at big finds ahead. read more
Stewart Wills | 28 September 2017
Addition of a third detector dramatically improves ability to localize sources, and adds data from gravitational-wave polarization. read more