Caltech scientists are developing laser-driven lightsails that could push spacecraft beyond our solar system. Their research ...

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have taken a major step toward developing lightsails that could one day ...

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Caltech researchers develop a platform to characterize ultrathin membranes for lightsails, advancing the quest for ...

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Gao tells Physics World that the team has subsequently expanded the scope of its work to optimize the design and performance of the microbubble robots for broader biomedical applications. “We are also ...

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The idea of a lightsail comes from the fact that radiation pressure represents a mechanical pressure acting on a surface due ...