Scientists Use Laser Paintbrush to Craft Mini Version of van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’

Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night (1889) has long captivated viewers with its fluid swirls of yellow, blue and white. Now, scholars have recreated the iconic Impressionist painting with the help of an unexpected tool: lasers. As Jennifer Ouellette reports for Ars Technica, researchers at ITMO University in St. Petersburg, Russia, developed a “laser paintbrush” that applies color to metal …

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