One can only imagine the wonders held within the crypto labs of organizations like the CIA or NSA. Therein must be machines of such sophistication that no electronic device could resist their attempts ...

As developers in the automotive and airline industries push to make more efficient vehicles, they are turning their attention to designing sturdy, lightweight machines. Designing lightweight materials ...

In one of the cooler hacks we’ve seen recently, a bunch of hacking academics at the University of Michigan researched the ability to flicker a laser at audible sound frequencies to see if they could ...

For experiments that require ultra-precise measurements and control over atoms—think two-photon atomic clocks, cold-atom interferometer sensors and quantum gates—lasers are the technology of choice, ...

A new technical paper, “Electrical modelisation of a bitflip in SRAM cell memory induced by laser fault injection,” was published by researchers at Univ Rennes, CNRS, IETR. “An electrical model of the ...

Plasma-X-FEL: artist’s representation of the ultracompact X-ray free-electron laser. (Courtesy: University of Strathclyde/Science Communication Lab) X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) are used to ...

While getting shots or blood work isn't anyone's idea of fun, roughly 10 to 20 percent of American adults suffer from trypanophobia, the extreme fear of hypodermic needles and injections. This phobia ...