Chinese scientists claim they have made a converging energy beam weapon — but did they really, or have they been watching too ...

After discussing the quirks in 3D modeling software, where a laser beam is treated as a solid object that can cast a shadow, ...

Can light itself, perhaps from a laser, cast a shadow? It might seem like a trick question, but the answer to this is "yes." ...

A particle accelerator on display in a museum exhibition is rare. But a functioning particle accelerator conducting real ...

Protons and neutrons–known collectively as nucleons–are both the building blocks of matter, but one of these particles has ...

Scientists have shown that laser light, under certain conditions, can behave like an object and cast a shadow.

A new experiment has demonstrated something that sounds physically impossible – light itself casting a shadow. It turns out ...

Conventional knowledge presupposes that if two light beams cross, nothing of note happens. But in an experiment, as detailed ...

Researchers used a ruby crystal and specific laser wavelengths to demonstrate that a laser beam could obstruct light and ...

Researchers at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams made a high-precision mass measurement of aluminum-22, reaching the ...

The plasma and beams group combines efforts in theory, simulation, and experiment to further our understanding and capabilities in the field of PWFA & LWFA, as well as other closely related fields of ...