High-power laser-plasma interactions offer the opportunity to generate particle and radiation sources with unique characteristics, including femtosecond-scale duration, micron-scale source size, and a ...

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Traditionally, men who chose radiation therapy for prostate cancer undergo radiation for weeks or even months. But now, in certain cases, it can be completed in less than a week. Prostate cancer ...

A new technique pioneered by scientists at the University of Maryland uses lasers to create a “little ball of lightning” than can help detect radiation at least up to 10 meters from the source.

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ORLANDO — Innovations in treating burn and trauma scars in recent years include updated laser technology, giving practitioners options to help in these difficult cases, according to a speaker here.

Traditional radiation detection relies on waiting for radioactive particles to interact with a sensor—effective but severely limited in range. Now, researchers from the University of Maryland have ...

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A small international team of nanotechnologists, engineers and physicists has developed a way to force laser light into becoming a supersolid. Their paper is published in the journal Nature.