Optical physics Research update Double funding boost for Daresbury UK lab receives £11.5m for light source and £25.7m for science park
Lasers Research update Making light of a difficult phase A new technique can produce attosecond light pulses that could be used to control electrons
Optical physics Research update Nanowires approach the quantum realm Researchers have made the smallest silicon nanowires ever
Read article: Nanowire lasers go electric Nanomaterials Research update Nanowire lasers go electric Scientists have made the first electrically driven nanowire laser
Plasma physics Research update Plasma accelerators take shape Researchers use laser pulses in a jet of helium gas in a new approach to particle acceleration
Microscopy Research update Lasers target hard drugs Laser spectroscopy could be used to detect heroin and morphine
Microscopy Research update Hollow core cuts Raman thresholds Photonic fibres could shift gas-based nonlinear optics into a new regime
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Atom lithography sees the light A new technique for making integrated circuits draws on the principles of magnetic resonance imaging
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Laser pioneer loses court battle The inventor of the blue LED and laser cannot reclaim his patent rights
Soft matter and liquids Research update DNA gives new life to dye lasers Japanese physicists demonstrate a DNA laser
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