Groundbreaking solar device creates hydrogen fuel out of thin air
A novel device can harvest water from the air and provide hydrogen fuel—entirely powered by solar energy according to EPFL engineers.
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Joseph Shavit
Jan 12, 2023
New high-performance micro-lasers will revolutionize quantum optics and bioimaging
Microelectronics has changed the way we manipulate electricity, enabling sophisticated electronic products that are now essential to us all.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 9, 2023
Laser beams could power our cities from space by 2050
power beaming could offer the world huge potential to tap into renewable energy sources and contribute to carbon-neutrality by 2050.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 5, 2022
Researchers improve short term memory problems through laser therapy
Researchers demonstrated that the therapy, which is non-invasive, could improve short term, or working memory in people by up to 25%.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 5, 2022
Space-based laser communications system will transform future science missions
TBIRD has delivered terabytes of data at record-breaking rates of up to 100 gigabits per second — 100 times faster than in most cities,
Joseph Shavit
Oct 31, 2022
Ultrasound-assisted lasers treat heart and chronic kidney diseases
Researchers developed a method that combines a low-power laser with ultrasound to remove arterial plaque safely and efficiently.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 20, 2022
First-ever heart disease treatment uses ultrasound-assisted lasers
High-power laser treatments direct thermal energy to vaporize water in the artery and create a bubble, which expands to break the plaque.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 6, 2022
Novel treatment for heart disease uses ultrasound-assisted lasers
Researchers developed a method that combines a low-power laser with ultrasound to remove arterial plaque safely and efficiently.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 5, 2022
Groundbreaking heart disease treatment uses ultrasound-assisted lasers
Researchers developed a method that combines a low-power laser with ultrasound to remove arterial plaque safely and efficiently
Joseph Shavit
Jun 28, 2022
Ultrasound-assisted laser vaporizes arterial blockages
Researchers developed a method that combines a low-power laser with ultrasound to remove arterial plaque safely and efficiently.
Joseph Shavit
May 30, 2022
Ultrasound-assisted laser vaporizes arterial plaque
Researchers developed a method that combines a low-power laser with ultrasound to remove arterial plaque safely and efficiently.
Joseph Shavit
May 29, 2022
Cutting-edge teleportation technology is taking cybersecurity to new, “unhackable” heights
A cutting-edge teleportation technology is taking cybersecurity to new, “unhackable” heights using miniscule particles of light or “beams.”
Joseph Shavit
May 24, 2022
Diamond mirrors will drive tomorrow's high-powered lasers
Today, it’s difficult to engineer resilient and long-lasting components that can control the powerful beams that lasers emit.
Joseph Shavit
May 3, 2022
NASA develops ‘Lunar Backpack’ to aid lunar exploration
The sensor is a surveying tool for both navigation and science mapping, able to create ultra-high-resolution 3D maps at centimeter precision
Joseph Shavit
Apr 15, 2022
Laser trailblazer: Navy conducts historic test of new laser weapon system
The first time the U.S. Navy used an all-electric, high-energy laser weapon to defeat a target representing a subsonic cruise missile.
Joseph Shavit
Apr 9, 2022
Astronomers detect galactic space laser
A powerful radio-wave laser, called a ‘megamaser’, has been observed by the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa.
Joseph Shavit
Apr 7, 2022
Laser light and a nonsurgical implant could overcome obesity
Researchers augmented endoscopic bariatric treatment by coating an implant with a laser-activated dye that kills cells the “hunger hormone.”
Joseph Shavit
Mar 31, 2022
World First: MIT scientists demonstrate how to make invisible matter
We finally have a demonstration of a quantum effect that was predicted years ago, which is capable of making invisible matter.
Joseph Shavit
Mar 20, 2022
New form of ice discovered! Likely found in water-rich planets outside our solar system
Researchers have discovered a new form of ice, redefining the properties of water and our understanding of distant, water-rich planets.
Joseph Shavit
Mar 18, 2022
Moon’s orbit can become a gravitational wave detector
The Moon’s exact position is known with an error of at most one centimeter, thanks to the use of lasers sent from different observatories.
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