An international team of physicists has achieved a significant advance in laser science, demonstrating for the first time a practical route to dramatically boosting the intensity of high-power laser light. The results, published today in Nature (22 April) could unlock the route towards creating the most intense light ever produced in a laboratory, opening the door to experiments that probe the fundamental laws of physics by directly interacting light with the quantum vacuum.

An international team of physicists has achieved a breakthrough in understanding something that has puzzled scientists for decades: the discrepancy between experimental measurements and theoretical predictions of magnetic properties of the muon, a heavier cousin of the electron.

Quaise Energy is on track to build the world’s first power plant using superhot geothermal energy. A Quaise analysis presented at the 2026 Stanford Geothermal Workshop validates the company’s belief that its first plant could produce at least 50 megawatts of clean, renewable electricity. That energy, produced from only a handful of wells, would be available 24/7.