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With an acoustic analogue of a Nobel Prize–winning optical technique, researchers can acquire detailed images quickly.

A change in the cross section and orientation of the laser’s optical cavity collimates an otherwise highly divergent terahertz-frequency beam.

An international team of scientists is studying Mount Paektu to understand its past activity and future hazards.

By contributing to health research, the Department of Energy could transform its approach to designing the next generation of high-performance computers.

Public and private initiatives aim to bring innovative clean energy technologies to market.

Decades before the work of Samuel Morse, a young Englishman laid out his vision for a future world of telecommunication.

Though not yet widely implemented, the technique of monitoring the ocean’s warming via changes in the speed of sound through the water is a powerful complement to the more common tools available: free-floating thermometers and altimetry satellites.

Youthful idealism, institutional ambition, and Cold War sensibilities all helped shape the Michigan Memorial–Phoenix Project, the University of Michigan’s tribute to fallen World War II soldiers.

A ring set spinning on a tabletop can display a rolling behavior that a spun coin will never show.