Scientists have found a way to bend lasers — and may use it to bend lightning as well. A team led by Pavel Polynkin of the University of Arizona sent a special sort of laser beam — pulsed instead of ...

When a beam of energetic electrons travels through a plasma, the space charge at the tip of the beam knocks electrons from the ions in the plasma, leaving the ions with a larger positive charge. If ...

Scientists in the U.S. have unveiled a groundbreaking complex bend lattice prototype that could cut power consumption by 80 percent and amplify beam brightness by up to 100 times, potentially ...

If you shine a beam of light from a laser or flashlight, the beam will spread out over distance, becoming wider and less intense far from the source. That phenomenon is called diffraction, and it is ...

Scientists have demonstrated that a bent silicon crystal can bend the paths of focused, very energetic electron beams much more than magnets used today. The method could be of interest for particle ...

SELF-BENDING light beams capable of turning a corner like a boomerang are darting around an optics laboratory in France. The beams are just a few micrometres across, and could improve the way in which ...

Gilson is part of the Virtual National Laboratory for Heavy-Ion Fusion, a partnership between the PPPL, E.O. Lawrence Berkeley Lab and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. According ...

SOUTH BEND — A 5-foot long, 3,000-pound piece of U.S. history will stop in South Bend on Thursday on its way from New York to Fort Collins, Colo. Four firefighters from Poudre Fire Authority in Fort ...