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Available in three anodised colours, the E26-UV Kunai doesn’t just shine a light; it also features a UV (ultraviolet) ...

A team of scientists has made the first experimental measurements of laser-induced motions of miniature lightsails in the lab.

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Enrico Chesta, Véronique Ferlet-Cavrois and Markus Brugger highlight seven ways CERN and ESA are working together to further ...

This study reveals a novel device for investigating classical and quantum interactions, utilizing optically levitated ...

However, report on observation of this phenomenon has been scarce, and it is not yet possible to provide detailed analysis of such an effect. In this work, we investigate mode-locking induced beam ...