As the National Weather Service explains, the polar vortex is an area of low pressure and cold air that exists over both of Earth’s poles 10 to 30 miles above the surface. The term vortex is used to ...

A new solid-state laser produces 193-nm light for precision chipmaking and even creates vortex beams with orbital angular ...

Bands of moderate snow were working across Michigan, western Pennsylvania and Upstate New York as of late Saturday morning, with light ... to the Deep South. From there, the vortex will bring ...

As reported in Advanced Photonics Nexus, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made a significant advancement by developing a compact, solid-state laser system capable of generating ...

A polar vortex collapse is expected over the next two weeks, causing extreme winter weather and travel disruption across North America. The weather phenomenon is expected to develop in mid-March, ...

Physicists at the University of Ottawa add an orbital spin to their laser beams to control the movement of electrons in their ...

In that event, the wintry temperatures could last for one to two months, stretching deep into the spring. The more likely weather pattern right now is a 'displacement' in the polar vortex.

vortex mode generation, and optical communications. The achievement is described in ACS Photonics. In addition to transmitting light over long distances, optical waveguides provide convenient ways of ...

A satellite image shows the entry of a large area of low pressure, from the Polar Vortex, into the Northern ... president of Weather Tiger LCC. A wave of deep cold could give the Great Lakes ...