Sacramento residents were treated to the sight of light beams in the sky Tuesday night, despite it not yet being basketball season. Bright beams of light could be seen emanating from the California ...

Scientists have beamed a laser into the sky, which is visible from miles around. The spectacle, known as The Beam, marks the ...

A bright light seen across several western states on May 16 sparked speculation on social media. The light, observed in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Montana, was likely from a Chinese ...

A team of scientists has found that the narrow beam of a laser, under specific conditions, can cast a shadow — a counterintuitive finding that could open the doors for new applications of optical ...

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In the dynamic realm of optical physics, researchers are continually pushing the boundaries of how light can be manipulated and harnessed for practical applications. As reported in Advanced Photonics ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Science; DOI 10.29026/oes.2024.230052 discusses structured light beams with controllable polarization along arbitrary trajectories. A structured light refers to ...

Alphabet has announced a new development for Taara's technology that could lead to low-cost, high-speed internet connectivity, even in far-flung locations. Taara's general manager, Mahesh Krishnaswamy ...

Aalto University researchers have developed a method to execute AI tensor operations using just one pass of light. By encoding data directly into light waves, they enable calculations to occur ...