First-of-a-kind laser spring opens up new avenues for plasma control

When a high-intensity laser interacts with plasma, the charged particles typically oscillate back and forth like waves on the ...

Laser weapons aren't science fiction anymore - and they're changing how defense stocks are valued

Artist's conception of Lockheed Martin's Helios directed-energy laser weapon intercepting a drone attack. The economics of modern air defense are broken. Counterdrone systems are one of the ...

Laser-based 3D imaging system enables precise detection and quantification of methane leakage

A research team led by Prof. Zhang Zhirong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...
Nature

Microstructure and properties of TC4 titanium alloy micro-arc oxide composite coating based on laser surface texturing

Micro-arc oxidation technology is one of the important means to improve the tribological properties of titanium alloys, but the bonding performance between the micro-arc oxidation film and the ...
JSTOR Daily

Ultrafast atomic view of laser-induced melting and breathing motion of metallic liquid clusters with MeV ultrafast electron diffraction

Jun Wu, Minxue Tang, Lingrong Zhao, Pengfei Zhu, Tao Jiang, Xiao Zou, Liang Hong, Sheng-Nian Luo, Dao Xiang, Jie Zhang Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, ...
eLife

Mechanistic Insights into MinD Regulation and Pattern Formation in Bacillus subtilis

This useful study provides data suggesting that subcellular localization of the spatial regulator of cell division, MinD, is an intrinsic feature of the protein's ability to associate with the ...
PNAS

Harvesting of aerial humidity with natural hygroscopic salt excretions

Some of the most innovative water collection technologies are inspired by natural organisms that have optimized their physiology to thrive in arid conditions such as deserts. In this work, we explore ...
Frontiers

SynapseJ: An Automated, Synapse Identification Macro for ImageJ

While electron microscopy represents the gold standard for detection of synapses, a number of limitations prevent its broad applicability. A key method for detecting synapses is immunostaining for ...
Frontiers

High Dynamic Range Structured Illumination Microscope Based on Multiple Exposures

Structured illumination microscope (SIM) can double the spatial resolution by using fringed pattern illumination. However, for samples with large intra-scene dynamic ranges, such as clustered objects, ...
PNAS

Remote nongenetic optical modulation of neuronal activity using fuzzy graphene

Modulation of cellular electrophysiology helps develop an understanding of cellular development and function in healthy and diseased states. We modulate the electrophysiology of neuronal cells in ...