Breaking News: The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to scientists from the U.S., Canada and France for their work in using light to make miniature tools
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It has had a cascading effect. Self rotation of red blood cells in optical tweezers led to new detection test for malaria in India. Optical traps helped to create coherence phase and coherent beams in Bose Einstein condensates is remarkable. You can get laser induced freezing.
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winner Gérard Mourou advanced and commercialized "chirped pulse amplification," leading to more precise LASIK eye surgery and pushing the limits of optical science.