Physicists

Physicists create new slow-light technique

8 Feb 2012

Electromagnetically induced transparency seen in nuclear system for first time

Physicists build highly efficient 'no-waste' laser

8 Feb 2012

A team of University of California, San Diego researchers has built the smallest room-temperature nanolaser to date, as well as an even more startling device: a highly efficient, "thresholdless" laser that funnels all its photons into lasing, without any waste.

Physicists 'record' magnetic breakthrough

7 Feb 2012

An international team of scientists has demonstrated a revolutionary new way of magnetic recording which will allow information to be processed hundreds of times faster than by current hard drive technology.