One of the few light sources to successfully produce a coherent beam that includes X-rays, this new technology is the first to do so using a setup that fits on a laboratory table.

The California beam works like a strobe light. “Each flash captures the motion of that molecule in a particular state,” says Dunne. LCLS could originally shoot 100 flashes per second.

At the X-ray light source PETRA III, scientists have generated a beam with a diameter of barely 5 nanometers -- this is ten thousand times thinner than a human hair. This fine beam of X-ray light ...

I want you to imagine a forest of light rays, and we can control exactly where each beam or ray comes from - which direction, and from which kind of angular width. We have full control over these ...

If you think X-rays and other forms of radiation have a monopoly on penetrating opaque objects, visible light begs to differ. It actually can pass through things like paint and human tissue, which ...

The world’s most powerful X-ray laser beam has been used to create a microscopic “black hole.” The machine uses extremely bright, fast flashes of light to ...

The Bed Beam Shoots Rays Of Light From Under Your Bed By Abby McVay Updated: Feb. 26, 2019 8:06 pm EST If you'd like to wake up every morning feeling like a ray of #@!%* sunshine, well then this ...

When a beam of light hits a super-shiny object like a mirror, it reflects off it in a very particular way. Here are two lasers (a green and a red) aimed at a flat mirror. I’m using two different ...

Instead of being a tractor beam from a UFO, some say the beam is most likely a crepuscular ray. Crepuscular rays are essentially shafts of light that become more visible due to dust and particles ...

In my previous Photography Snapshot, I discussed the importance of light and how it bounces to create images. In this Snapshot we will discuss the difference between reflection and refraction, how ...