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  1. Physics

    Lasing Beyond Light

    Laser physicists have set their sights on new types of waves — manufacturing beams of sound, creating plasma swells and looking for ripples in spacetime.

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  2. Physics

    Inventing the Light Fantastic

    The history of the laser: An idea that began with Albert Einstein inspired a race to create a special beam of light that has since infiltrated numerous aspects of everyday life.

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  3. Physics

    Laser pioneer reflects on making Einstein’s idea real

    Science News reporter Ron Cowen's Q&A with Nobel laureate and laser-technology pioneer Charles Townes.

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  4. Life

    Paradox of dining in deep, wet mud

    A bonanza of food doesn’t necessarily result in biodiversity among deep sediment dwellers off California’s coast.