Researchers at University of Tsukuba have successfully measured electric fields near the surfaces of two-dimensional layered ...

Randomization may seem simple, but there’s basically no such thing in classical physics – pretty much everything could be theoretically predicted if you had enough information. For true randomization ...

Diamond is a promising material for data storage, and now scientists have demonstrated a new way to cram more data onto it, down to a single atom. The technique bypasses a physical limit by writing ...

Tools made of hard materials and ceramics such as tungsten carbide are particularly wear-resistant. However, the tools used ...

Ground-based optical telescopes routinely make use of artificial guide stars, generated at around 90 kilometers altitude by the action of a laser beam energising atoms in the atmosphere's sodium layer ...

Researchers have found that under certain conditions, a laser beam can act like an opaque object and cast a shadow, opening new possibilities for technologies that could use a laser beam to control ...