Electron spins cross over in femtoseconds
New measurements could lead to better spintronics
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Could lasers guide and control the path of lightning?
New method to steer electric discharges around an obstacle uses laser beams
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Frequency combs smooth out optical-fibre signals
Research could mean higher bandwidth for optical fibres, and so more data
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Lasers reveal previously unseen fossil details
New palaeontological imaging method is cheap and non-destructive
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‘Twisted light’ gives quantum cryptography a boost
Technique could make cryptographic systems more resilient to eavesdroppers
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Physicists urged to back plans for Africa’s first synchrotron
Rallying cry goes out for an African light source, with South Africa a potential host
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Filamentous laser beams point to new type of phase transition
Clustering threads of plasma could help control lightning and seed clouds
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Physicists reveal new way of cooling large objects with light
Demonstration could lead to "stable optical springs" for gravitational-wave detectors
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A single light of science
An introduction to the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015)
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Laser blast makes pure quantum dots
Selenium nanoparticles could be used in solar cells and take on antibiotic resistance
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