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Optics & Photonics Jul 2, 2024

Dual-laser approach could lower cost of high-resolution 3D printing

Researchers have developed a new two-photon polymerization technique that uses two lasers to 3D print complex high-resolution structures. The advance could make this 3D printing process less expensive, helping it find wider ...

Nanophysics Jul 2, 2024

Novel method enhances size-controlled production of luminescent quantum dots

Luminescence refers to the result of a process in which an object absorbs light at one wavelength and then re-emits it at another wavelength. Through light absorption, electrons in the ground state of the material are excited ...

Planetary Sciences Jul 2, 2024

NASA asteroid experts create hypothetical impact scenario for exercise

A large asteroid impacting Earth is highly unlikely for the foreseeable future. But because the damage from such an event could be great, NASA leads hypothetical asteroid impact "tabletop" exercises every two years with experts ...

Astronomy Jul 1, 2024

Research intern helps discover a new pulsar buried in a mountain of data

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Remote Sensing Division intern Amaris McCarver, along with a team of astronomers, has discovered the first millisecond pulsar in the stellar cluster Glimpse-CO1 and recently published ...

Space Exploration Jul 1, 2024

Japan launches an advanced Earth observation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket

Japan deployed an upgraded Earth observation satellite for disaster response and security after it was launched on a new flagship H3 rocket Monday.

Astronomy Jun 28, 2024

Tiny bright objects discovered at dawn of universe baffle scientists

A recent discovery by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) confirmed that luminous, very red objects previously detected in the early universe upend conventional thinking about the origins and evolution of galaxies and ...

Space Exploration Jun 28, 2024

Ariane 6 launches LIFI: Light-speed secure communications

Europe's newest rocket soon launches, taking with it many space missions each with a unique objective, destination and team at home, cheering them on. Whether launching new satellites to look back and study Earth, peer out ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 28, 2024

Coherent beam combining-an alternative scheme for delivering high average power femtosecond laser at 2.0 μm

High-power ultrafast laser with an operation wavelength extending to the 2.0 μm range has been attracting increasing research interest, mostly driven by its applications in various fields such as remote sensing, material ...

Space Exploration Jun 28, 2024

Japan's space agency delays launch of upgraded observation satellite on new H3 rocket due to weather

Japan's space agency said Friday its planned launch this weekend of a satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket will be postponed until Monday due to expected bad weather.

Space Exploration Jun 26, 2024

Powerhouse hurricane watchdog satellite launches aboard SpaceX Falcon Heavy

The last of a series of hurricane-hunting satellites got its most powerful ride ever to space June 25 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy.

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