The Department of Defense on Thursday awarded two companies to develop laser weapons for the United States. The Joint Laser ...

Using microscopic ‘tweezers’ to grab and isolate strontium atoms to improve the element’s efficacy for quantum computing.

Fraunhofer ILT in Aachen has developed a highly complex laser-optical system for a quantum computer currently under construction at the 5th Institute of Physics at the University of Stuttgart. This ...

Shuji Nakamura already transformed the world once. His invention of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) changed everything ...

Ever wondered what 'laser' actually stands for? Learn the full form, its origins, and how this groundbreaking tech got its name.

Ultrafast lasers are the heavy artillery of modern optics. Their intense, rapid pulses power eye surgeries, precision ...

Following on from my last post about Xerox’s aversion to monkeys.. I offer this gem for your delectation and edification. It ...

Linda Rosencrance is a freelance writer/editor/author in the Boston area. Rosencrance has over 30 years experience as an investigative reporter, writing for many newspapers in… Artificial intelligence ...

Programming languages shape how software, apps, and websites are built, making them one of the most important skills in the modern digital world. With industries shifting toward automation, AI tools, ...

While much attention regarding AI has been focused on developers using it to code, the impact of AI on software development goes far beyond code creation tools. Armando Solar-Lezama, Distinguished ...

The distant moon Pandora from James Cameron’s Avatar films is a feast of sci-fi world-building. Dragonlike creatures prowl the skies. Supersmart whalelike beasts write poetry under the sea. And a ...

A new era in mathematics may be on the horizon—one that some researchers have long desired. Mathematicians could soon use computers to verify proofs quickly and rigorously, ensuring published proofs ...