How fast can a microlaser switch 'modes?' A simple rule reveals a power-law time scaling

Modern technologies increasingly rely on light sources that can be reconfigured on demand. Think of microlasers that can ...
American Council on Science and Health

Glow or Gimmick?: The Science of Red Light Therapy

Red light therapy has gone from dermatology clinics to the wellness world, promising everything from younger-looking skin and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Physicists Create Homemade Cosmic Dust, Which Could Help Them Figure Out How the Building Blocks of Life First Reached Earth

Cosmic dust normally comes from dying stars. The recipe for a lab-made version includes a few gases, vacuum tubes and ...

Muon Knight shift reveals the behavior of superconducting electron pairs

Quantum materials and superconductors are difficult enough to understand on their own. Unconventional superconductors, which ...
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Student made cosmic dust in the lab revealing life’s early chemical origins

At the University of Sydney, a Ph.D. student has recreated a tiny slice of outer space and used it to make cosmic dust from ...