The individual silica nanoparticles (glass beads, basically) are clear, but when packed together in certain configurations ...

Here, we show that three-dimensional (3D) Bragg coherent diffraction imaging (BCDI) can be used to image the strain in a single InP segment within an axially heterostructured GaInP–InP nanowire. We ...

Quantum sensors can be significantly more precise than conventional sensors and are used for Earth observation, navigation, ...

Researchers in Germany have found a way to accurately study atomic reflections in quantum sensors by deploying special light ...

Laser diodes are semiconductors that generate light and amplify it using repeated reflection or "optical feedback." Once the ...

Dichroic mirror pulses act like velocity-selective traffic controllers for atoms by directing the particles with correct ...

Roland Bragg was a 21-year-old paratrooper from Maine when he found himself pinned down by artillery fire near the end of World War II, out of ammunition as the Germans closed in. He hunkered down ...

Less than two years after Fort Bragg officially became Fort Liberty, the North Carolina Army base’s name is changing back to Fort Bragg. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered Army ...

In an Oct. 2024 campaign event in Fayetteville, N.C., Mr. Trump had pledged to change the name of Fort Bragg back from Fort Liberty. On Mr. Hegseth’s first day at the Pentagon, he referred to ...