Lasers lick dentists’ drills
Ultrashort laser pulses could be used to remove tooth decay painlessly
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Ultrashort laser pulses could be used to remove tooth decay painlessly
Read article: Lasers lick dentists’ drills
Laser telemetry could solve an impending communication bottleneck
Read article: Scientists push for laser links in space
Medicine, communications and computing could benefit from advances in semiconductor science
Prejudice left the pioneers of quantum mechanics unrewarded until 1932
Read article: Quantum theory and the Nobel prize
New images of cosmic microwaves reveal the seeds of galaxies
Read article: Tuning in to the early universe
Recent scandals in physics research have not improved its image
Read article: Reputations at risk
An unusually heated debate is emerging over a new kind of refraction
Read article: Negative reaction to negative refraction
If anyone deserves more than one biography then surely that honour should go to Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), the physicist who produced the most powerful explosion in the history of the world and 14 years later was awarded the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize for his support of human rights. It is for this reason that I […]
Read article: Sakharov, science and freedom
Building quantum computers from solid-state devices will not be easy
Read article: Quantum computing with solids
Our planet has become even less spherical since 1998
Read article: Earth’s expanding girth