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Optical physics Research update Scientists bring light to sharpest focus Researchers create the smallest spot size ever with radially-polarized light.
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Quantum optics Research update Squeezed light breaks quantum barrier Physicists have made an ultra-precise laser pointer with squeezed beams of light
Ultrafast science Research update Lasers tackle radioactive waste Iodine-129, which has a half-life of 15.7 million years, has been transmuted into a lighter isotope with a half-life of just 25 minutes
Quantum optics Research update Fast and slow light made easy Superluminal light has been now been observed in a crystal at room temperature
Lasers Research update Dawn of the cantilaser A mechanical laser could pioneer nano-scale experiments
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