Researchers develop first room temperature holmium-doped yttrium lithium fluoride thin disk laser
In a study published in Optics Express, a research group led by Prof. Fu Yuxi from Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision ...
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Park Slope Israeli restaurant vandalized in ‘despicable act of antisemitism’
The glass door and windows of Miriam Restaurant on Fifth Ave. in Park Slope were splattered with red paint and the stenciled messages “Israel Steals Culture” and “Genocide Cuisine” on ...
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Ukraine’s innovations redefine modern warfare
In late 2024, Vadym Sukharevskyi, commander of Ukraine’s UAV forces, announced that Ukraine had developed the Trident laser weapon, capable of shooting down aircraft at altitudes exceeding 2 km (1.24 ...
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Fluorescence Emission and Absorption Spectra of Naphthalene in Cyclohexane Solution: Evidence of a Naphthalene–Oxygen Charge–Transfer Complex
Absorption spectra obtained at higher oxygen concentrations revealed the spectrum of a new species, which we interpret as that of a naphthalene-oxygen charge-transfer complex. The binding energy of ...
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A CEO did business on the ski slope instead of the meeting room. These are our biggest takeaways from a week at Davos.
Big names like Donald Trump and David Beckham appeared at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, but the topic that kept coming up in conversations was AI. These are Business Insider ...
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Prince Harry’s Invictus Games replaces rifles with lasers — and US veterans aren’t happy
Prince Harry has replaced rifles with lasers in the biathlon event at the Invictus Games — much to the dismay of US Army veterans. The 2025 Invictus Games will take place in Vancouver ...
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China explores using orbiting lasers to power spacecraft on the moon
Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences HELSINKI — China could look to laser power transmission from lunar orbit to supply spacecraft on the moon and solve one of the big challenges for its lunar ...