Casimir force learns to swim
Quantum attraction between mirrors also exists in fluids
Read article: European X-ray laser gets the go ahead
European X-ray laser gets the go ahead
Funding in place for construction to start early next year
Physicists confirm existence of polariton condensate
Condensates form at unusually high temperatures
Read article: Laser pioneer dies
Laser pioneer dies
Physicist Theodore Maiman, who built the world's first laser, has died at the age of 79
Read article: Electron tunnelling seen in real time
Electron tunnelling seen in real time
Quantum-mechanical process caught in the act
Polariton laser reaches room temperature
Quasiparticles could lead to low-power lasers
Read article: Physicists control light at the nanoscale
Physicists control light at the nanoscale
Polarization pulse shaper directs laser
Read article: Blog life: Uncertain Principles
Blog life: Uncertain Principles
Our new column on blogs
Read article: Creating monoenergetic electron beams on a tabletop
Creating monoenergetic electron beams on a tabletop
Colliding lasers produce MeV electron energies within millimetres
Read article: Physicists peer into ultrashort laser pulses
Physicists peer into ultrashort laser pulses
Technique could help steer electrons with astonishing precision
