Lasers Research update Optical supercavity drives tiny and efficient laser New laser is based on effect first predicted in 1929 Read article: Optical supercavity drives tiny and efficient laser
Ultrafast science News Flash Physics: Spotting supersolids, Perimeter Institute and South American Institute for Fundamental Research partner up, measuring photoionization in zeptoseconds Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: Spotting supersolids, Perimeter Institute and South American Institute for Fundamental Research partner up, measuring photoionization in zeptoseconds
Telescopes and space missions News Flash Physics: NASA and FEMA conduct asteroid-impact exercises, tiny lasers for microscopy, NSF reviews its Arecibo and Green Bank funding Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: NASA and FEMA conduct asteroid-impact exercises, tiny lasers for microscopy, NSF reviews its Arecibo and Green Bank funding
Lasers Research update Physicists break record for laser-electron interaction New experiment beats efficiency of free-electron lasers by turning 30% of electron-beam energy into light Read article: Physicists break record for laser-electron interaction
Ultrafast science News Flash Physics: 3D stars shrink when hot, new laser sensor for gases, tracking solar waves Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: 3D stars shrink when hot, new laser sensor for gases, tracking solar waves
Structure and dynamics News Flash Physics: MRI meets nuclear medicine, polymers mimic evolution, laser pioneer Ali Javan dies at 89 Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: MRI meets nuclear medicine, polymers mimic evolution, laser pioneer Ali Javan dies at 89
Ultrafast science News Flash Physics: Imaging single ions, UK’s merging ‘supercouncil’, OMEGA laser sets fusion record Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: Imaging single ions, UK’s merging ‘supercouncil’, OMEGA laser sets fusion record
Ultracold matter News Flash Physics: Producing pristine graphene, SpaceX moves sites, UK’s dark skies, mysterious microcrystals Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: Producing pristine graphene, SpaceX moves sites, UK’s dark skies, mysterious microcrystals
Lasers Research update Tiny laser makes ‘twisted light’ New device could allow orbital angular momentum to be used in telecommunication devices Read article: Tiny laser makes ‘twisted light’
Lasers Research update Plasmons call the tune in new graphene-based terahertz laser Tunable device could be used for security scanning and medical imaging Read article: Plasmons call the tune in new graphene-based terahertz laser
Optics & Photonics Briefing This issue explores lasers and detectors, solar power, medical imaging and high-resolution displays