Researchers have developed scalable lightsails, ultra-thin, reflective structures that use laser-driven radiation pressure to ...

A new method for manufacturing lightsails that can reach up 20% of the speed of light is making the technology look more ...

Researchers at TU Delft and Brown University have developed scalable nanotechnology-based lightsails that could support ...

With wind from the N- NE and 14 - 20kts providing a drag race to the first mark before the long run to a leeward mark, a ...

Local weather stations were showing zero knots but for us the wind whilst light gave us less than 5 knots and from a variable direction. Tim Townsend (45) managed the start and found the best of the ...

Their simple, lightweight design makes them easy to rig and transport ... 600km Solo Sail for Sailability. She said boaties who might catch a glimpse of her at sea in the Laser Record can give ...