Ultimately, the laser pistol’s practicality was limited by its low power, the fragility of space environments, and the unlikelihood of astronaut-on-astronaut combat.

New Mexico ranks first in the nation for laser strikes on aircraft, posing significant risks to pilots and passengers, with few consequences for offenders. Neal Lawson, a former pilot for KOAT, ...

The ring design has potential applications in telecommunications, medicine, and other fields. Scientists from the (SEAS), in collaboration with the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), have deve ...

A powerful new technique harnesses swirling plasma inside laser-blasted microtubes to produce record-breaking magnetic fields ...

The associated research has been published in Optica. It was co-led by Federico Capasso, the Robert L. Wallace Professor of Applied Physics and Vinton Hayes Senior Research Fellow in Electrical ...

Researchers at The University of Osaka have developed a novel method for generating ultra-high magnetic fields via ...

The laser beam traveled 3.6 kilometers (over 2 miles) via fiber optic links to NIST, where a frequency comb (acting as a “ruler for light”) allowed the aluminum ion clock’s laser to adopt its superior ...

Researchers in Japan have accelerated muons into the most precise, high-intensity beam to date, reaching energies high as 100 keV. The achievement could enable next-generation experiments such as ...

However, aluminum is tricky. The element is difficult to measure with lasers, as well as cool to absolute zero. But when ...

Katy Perry brought her Lifetimes Tour to PHX Arena on July 12. It was a sci-fi fever dream with "Roar," "Firework," "I Kissed ...