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Bendy Laser Beams Fired through the Air

Sunday, April 12th, 2009 - 14:06:24 - Sarah Gingichashvili

The Norse thunder god Thor deflected lightning with his hammer. Physicists could soon replicate this feat using curved laser beams. Bending lightning...

Nano 'Tractor Beam' Traps DNA

Thursday, January 1st, 2009 - 10:36:36 - Anuradha Menon

Using a beam of light shunted through a tiny silicon channel, researchers have created a nanoscale trap that can stop free floating DNA molecules and...

Light Throws a Curve Ball

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 - 13:13:08 - Iddo Genuth

Researchers at the University of St Andrews have made a surprise discovery using light beams that can travel around corners. The academics have...

Improving Our Ability to Peek Into Molecules

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 - 13:54:31 - Anuradha Menon

It’s not easy to see a single molecule inside a living cell. Nevertheless, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are helping to...

First Beam of Zooming Protons at LHC

Saturday, September 13th, 2008 - 16:50:35 - Anuradha Menon

Scientists today sent the first beam of protons zooming at nearly the speed of light around the 17-mile Large Hadron Collider (LHC).The LHC, located...

Final LHC Synchronization Test a Success

Friday, August 29th, 2008 - 18:09:31 - Anuradha Menon

CERN has today announced the success of the second and final test of the Large Hadron Collider’s beam synchronization systems which will allow the...

Double First for Large Hadron Collider

Friday, August 29th, 2008 - 09:29:48 - Ehud Rattner

Champagne corks popped at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) this weekend after one of the facility's four giant particle detectors tasted its first...

Laser ‘Knife’
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 - Roni Barr
An international research team, led by Federico Capasso at Harvard University and his graduate student Nanfang Yu, recently...