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World's biggest X-ray laser opens new research opportunities

Asleek,subterraneanX-raylaseristobeunveiledFridayinGermany.Byfarthemostpowerfulintheworld,ithasscientistsinadozenfieldscompetingtobethefirsttotrainitsmightybeam

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Zhang Yimou's great new stage show combines tech and Chinese folk art

RenownedChinesedirectorZhangYimouhasunveiledhislatestworkattheNationalCenterforthePerformingArtsinBeijing.BasedonPekingOpera“Sanchakou,”“2047Apologue"isahigh-co

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"Star Wars" laser weapons expected to be tested within two years

​Britain's Ministry of Defense (MOD) confirmed Sunday it is finalizing a contract worth almost 40 million U.S. dollars to develop the country's first laser weapons for military use.

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Human eye can see "invisible" infrared light

It seems to be a common-sense concept that we can't see infrared light but a new study out Monday said under certain conditions, our eyes can sense light that falls outside the visible spectrum.

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Australian scientists make breakthrough discovery on spiral laser beams

Physicists at the Australian National University (ANU) have engineered a scientific breakthrough, creating a spiral laser beam and using it to manufacture a whirlpool of hybrid light-matter particles.