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North Carolina State University researchers turn laser beams into a lightsaber-like antenna that sends radio signals without metal and boosts reception by 2.5 times

Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a laser-powered plasma antenna that transmits radio signals without a conventional metal radiating element. Resembling a lightsaber, the device uses a laser to ionise air and create a thin plasma filament that…

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James Webb & Space Telescopes Images and discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble, the Vera Rubin Observatory's sky survey and the Nancy Grace Roman telescope.
Exoplanets & Alien Worlds Planets around other stars: new exoplanet discoveries, habitable worlds such as K2-18b, and the search for biosignatures in their atmospheres.
Black Holes & the Cosmos Black holes, dark matter and dark energy, the early universe, galaxies and gravitational waves - the big discoveries about how the universe works.

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