Physicists from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) have developed an innovative computing system using laser beams ...

In a discovery that challenges conventional optics, scientists have managed to make a laser beam cast its own shadow—a feat ...

Can light itself, perhaps from a laser, cast a shadow? It might seem like a trick question, but the answer to this is "yes." ...

With welding such an important driver of ship construction, innovations in welding technology hold the potential to ...

After discussing the quirks in 3D modeling software, where a laser beam is treated as a solid object that can cast a shadow, ...

Researchers used a ruby crystal and specific laser wavelengths to demonstrate that a laser beam could obstruct light and ...

A team of researchers has successfully demonstrated nonlinear Compton scattering (NCS) between an ultra-relativistic electron ...

Chinese scientists claim they have made a converging energy beam weapon — but did they really, or have they been watching too ...

Laser beams have been shown to cast shadows, defying previous notions that light cannot block light. This phenomenon, ...

In an advance for the control and manipulation of light, researchers from the University of Ottawa have demonstrated a laser ...

"Crew members can become temporarily or permanently blinded by the light, depending on how powerful the laser is. Sometimes, ...