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Reaching 2 petawatts of power, the NSF-funded ZEUS facility at the University of Michigan supports research with potential ...

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The researchers believe the technique will enable them to study some of the universe’s fundamental symmetries. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

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Detecting tiny nanoparticles using optical devices is a challenging task and, in general, it requires an understanding of complex quantum optics concepts. In a recent ...

Gisela Eckhardt was one of the early pioneers in laser physics, discovering the principle behind the Raman laser in 1962. Valdas Pasiskevicius, Richard Mildren and David Burman tell the largely ...