Synthetic particles move like hurricanes and algae

The research centers on vortical flows, which appear in both biological and meteorological systems, such as algae or hurricanes.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
July 17, 2023 ~4 min

Attosecond measurements capture electrons in water clusters

A new method allows for time-resolved measurements of electron motion in water clusters lasting only a few attoseconds.

Oliver Morsch-ETH Zurich • futurity
July 26, 2022 ~6 min


Laser tool that measures glaciers fits in a backpack

A new tool that uses lasers to measure glaciers is small enough to fit in a backpack and be carried up steep mountains.

U. Oregon • futurity
July 15, 2022 ~6 min

Lasers find new measure of gravity’s strength

The gravitational constant G determines the strength of gravity, but the value is hard to nail down. Now, researchers have remeasured it using lasers.

Peter Rüegg-ETH Zurich • futurity
July 13, 2022 ~6 min

Lasers show how ‘turbulent dynamos’ create huge magnetic fields

A new study sheds light on a once-elusive phenomenon known as a "turbulent dynamo," an astrophysical process that amplifies magnetic fields.

Lindsey Valich-Rochester • futurity
March 26, 2021 ~5 min

Team builds colloidal diamonds, ‘Holy Grail’ of photonics

Creating colloidal diamonds, a long-awaited photonic technique, could change the development and use of optical technologies over the next decade.

Karl Greenberg-NYU • futurity
Sept. 24, 2020 ~7 min

Photon device offers ‘X-ray vision’ through fog

A new algorithm lets researchers reconstruct the movements of photons to see through clouds, fog, and other obstructions.

Taylor Kubota-Stanford • futurity
Sept. 11, 2020 ~7 min

Lasers may benefit glaucoma patients with higher eye pressure more

A new study helps identify the ideal patient to receive selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) to treat glaucoma.

Eric Maze-Missouri • futurity
Aug. 5, 2020 ~4 min


Lasers and sticky tape triple lithium metal battery life

A new technique that mirrors how scientists make graphene with lasers uses sticky tape to improve lithium metal batteries.

Jeff Falk-Rice • futurity
July 14, 2020 ~6 min

Method gets LEDs to act more like lasers

"Nobody had engineered a way to control the emission of light from an LED into a single direction."

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
June 8, 2020 ~5 min

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