Laser beam flips a ferromagnet's polarity without heating the material

Researchers at the University of Basel and the ETH in Zurich have succeeded in changing the polarity of a special ferromagnet ...

Scientists use ultrafast laser to flip materials into a different electronic state

A burst of invisible light can do more than illuminate a surface. In a new study, Michigan State University researchers used ...

Slowing down muon decay with short laser pulses

Muons are unstable subatomic particles that spontaneously and rapidly transform into other particles via a process known as ...

16 Ways DIYers Can Use Milwaukee's Laser Level, Other Than Building A House

Milwaukee's laser level can arrange everything in and around your home, from leveling floors and hanging curtains to ...
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Shining laser light on a material produces subtle changes in its magnetic properties

By shining a focused laser beam onto a sample of material, a team at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and ETH Zürich showed ...

Neutral-atom arrays, a rapidly emerging quantum computing platform, get a boost from researchers

For quantum computers to outperform their classical counterparts, they need more quantum bits, or qubits. State-of-the-art quantum computers have around 1,000 qubits. Columbia physicists Sebastian ...