The inventor of the MP3 digital audio format has developed a laser microphone that eliminates mechanical interference. In a proof-of-concept device, the Rochester Institute of Technology's David ...

Physicists are now using a tightly controlled laser and a cloud of ultracold atoms to imitate the behavior of electrons in solids, effectively building a quantum version of electronics out of light ...

Researchers have developed a laser-aligned nanowires that could enable a new generation of transparent electronic materials, ...

Since the scientists at Bell Labs invented the world’s first transistor in December 1947, a revolution in microelectronics technology has profoundly affected lifestyles worldwide. As electronics get ...

A breakthrough development in nanofabrication could help support the development of new wireless, flexible, high-performance ...

Laser strikes on aircraft have occurred with more frequency in recent months, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. There were more laser strikes reported in October (more than 5,300) than ...

A scalable nanofabrication method uses electric-field alignment and picosecond laser welding to imprint patterned silver nanowire networks on polymer films.

Metamaterials-based shield for cockpit windscreens to deflect laser attacks on jetliners. Attack! In 2013, the FBI reported 3,960 aircraft laser strikes in the US alone. Lamda Guard, Halifax, NS, ...

While it's important to keep the wings of aircraft ice-free, the application of chemical deicers before takeoff can be problematic. German scientists are working on something that could help, in the ...

Ice on an aircraft’s surfaces can be a hazard: it increases drag and fuel consumption, disrupts aerodynamic flows, and decreases lift, impairing an aircraft’s ability to fly safely. Researchers at the ...